AdvertisementBritain today confirmed another 17 Covid deaths and 2,685 infections as the numbers continued to fall but Boris Johnson warned the country is 'not out of the woods yet'. Deaths fell by half from 33 a week ago, while positive tests were up just 6.8 per cent on last Tuesday's 2,524. The milestone comes as NHS England today lowered the age for people to get a coronavirus vaccine for the second time this week. He added: 'The surveys I've seen suggest uptake is going to be about 85 per cent, which isn't as high as the current rate but no-one thought we'd get 95 per cent uptake before.' The expansion of the rollout coincidences with a new Government advertising blitz aimed at boosting vaccine uptake in younger Britons.

Source: Daily Mail April 27, 2021 15:42 UTC