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6 Feb, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Today’s reported UK first vaccine dose figure falls fractionally short of the half million mark - but it’s still slightly up on the equivalent figure from one week earlier.

The total rises to almost 11.5 million first doses administered.
England and Wales are pretty neck to neck in terms of % of population to have received a first dose so far.
More here.
Info on UK first and second doses in one handy place.

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