People aged 40 and over in England are now being invited to book their coronavirus jabs after the NHS began sending text messages on Friday allowing them to arrange their vaccination appointments.
With people aged 42 to 44 having already been texted this week it means 2.5 million more people have been invited for their jab.
The expansion of the vaccine rollout comes as the latest data showed an estimated 91.5 per cent of people aged 45 and over in England had received their first dose of Covid-19 vaccine by 25 April, and just over four-in-five aged 70 and over had been given both doses.
Meanwhile, a report said the prime minister will be told that social distancing for large events can be scrapped from June after results from a trial found no spike in cases among those who attended.
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