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Rachelle Abbott

Sadiq Khan on how London’s targeting 100k Covid vaccines a day

The mayor of London took a walk through the city centre with the Evening Standard’s health editor Ross Lydall and discussed the urgency behind getting more people in the capital vaccinated.

Sadiq Khan on the reopened Waterloo & City line. (PA)

A total of 3.62 million more doses are needed in London by the new “lockdown release” day of July 19 under Boris Johnson’s aim of offering the vaccine to all people over 18 while ensuring two-thirds are “double jabbed”.

A total of 51,892 first and second doses were given in London on Monday – but this needs to double to at least 100,000 a day.

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