UK has vaccinated 137,897 people so far against Covid, minister says

LONDON

: Nearly 140,000 people in

the United Kingdom

have been vaccinated against Covid-19 in the first week of roll-out of the shot developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, the

minister

in

charge

of deployment of the vaccine said on Wednesday.


"A really good start to the vaccination program. It's been 7 days and we have done:

England

: 108,000, Wales: 7,897, Northern Ireland: 4,000,

Scotland

: 18,000. UK Total 137,897,"

Nadhim Zahawi

said in a tweet.

"That number will increase as we have operationalised hundreds of PCN (primary care networks)," he said.