As many as 6 million eligible Britons may not have had a Covid jab. Who are they?
by Niamh McIntyre and Tobi Thomas from World news | The Guardian on (#5SRJM)
The Omicron variant has refocused attention on vaccination rates as data shows disparities in uptake across age, region and ethnicity
Hundreds of cases of the new Omicron Covid-19 variant have now been confirmed in the UK and experts have called for a renewed focus on vaccination rates.
As of 4 December, just over eight in 10 people aged 12 or older UK-wide had received two doses of a coronavirus vaccine, according to data from the UK Health Security Agency, while 89% had received a first dose. This means about 6 million eligible people may still be unvaccinated, based on ONS population figures as opposed to counts of GP records. So who are they?
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