At least 15 million people in the UK have had their first coronavirus jab, vaccine minister Nadhim Zahawi says.
The milestone was reached just over two months after the first jab was delivered in the UK on 8 December.
It comes after ministers said the UK was on track to meet its pledge of offering a vaccine to everyone in the top four priority groups by Monday.
From Monday, the vaccine roll-out is being expanded to include over-65s and those deemed clinically vulnerable.
Tweeting about the milestone, Mr Zahawi said: "15,000,000! Amazing team. We will not rest till we offer the vaccine to the whole of phase1 the 1-9 categories of the most vulnerable & all over 50s by end April and then all adults."
So far the vaccination programme has been aimed at the top four priority groups: NHS frontline staff, care home residents and workers, over-70s, and people deemed clinically extremely vulnerable.
These groups have accounted for 88% of the UK's Covid-19 deaths so far, according to the Department of Health and Social Care and are estimated by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation to be some 15 million people.
While the government's daily data does not show which groups have been vaccinated, ministers say they are on track to meet the PM's pledge.
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2021-02-14 14:35:00Z
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