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The government said a further 1,325 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Friday – the highest number of UK deaths reported on a single day since the outbreak began. It brings the UK total to 79,833.
The figures continue to be affected by a lag in the publication of recent data and will contain some deaths that took place over the Christmas and new year period.
On a day like today, here’s some optimism, via the UK’s former vaccines chief, Kate Bingham, in an interview with the BBC. She reckons a target of 13m vaccines being administered by the middle of February is achievable.
“I think the target, 13 million [vaccines] by the middle of February, is doable”
Former head of vaccine taskforce Kate Bingham tells @BBCNickRobinson UK targets could be exceeded#PoliticalThinking https://t.co/ImfY5n0f46 pic.twitter.com/oA2qbJogBS
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