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Health

More than 21 million people in UK have had one dose of COVID-19 vaccine

FILE PHOTO: Nurse Elspeth Huber from Hannage Brook Medical Centre prepares a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine during home visits to the most vulnerable people amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) near Wirksworth, Derbyshire Britain, February 26, 2021. REUTERS/Carl Recine

Over 21 million people have now been given a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine in Britain, health authorities said on Friday.

Public Health England said that 21,358,815 people had received a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, while there had been 236 deaths within 28 days of a positive test reported on Friday.

(Reporting by Alistair Smout, editing by William James)

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