More than half a million people in the UK have received Covid-19 vaccine, Boris Johnson says

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a media briefing in Downing Street, London, on Covid-19 Picture: Tolga Akmen/PA Wire

More than half a million people in the UK have been vaccinated against Covid-19, according to Boris Johnson.

The British Prime Minister told a Downing Street press conference more than 500,000 people in the UK have now received their first dose of the two-part vaccine since British grandmother Margaret Keenan became the first patient in the world on December 8 to receive the Pfizer Covid-19 jab following its clinical approval.