It includes 71 in England, six in Wales and eight in Scotland, while Northern Ireland faced no hospital deaths this week. Health Secretary Matt Hancock hailed the 'national success story' and reiterated that it was 'our way out of this pandemic'. Yesterday the vaccine drive hit a record high after 660,276 doses were dished out across the country in the previous 24 hours. Despite the promising week, the NHS is gearing up for a significant shortage of vaccine doses next month due to supply issues in India. The UK has access to 100 million surplus vaccine doses.

Source: The Nation March 20, 2021 14:37 UTC