Boris Johnson hails ‘significant milestone’ as all over 50s offered Covid jab

Nurse Eleanor Pinkerton prepares a coronavirus vaccine (Jane Barlow/PA)

All adults in the UK aged over 50 have now been offered a first dose of a coronavirus vaccine, paving the way for the next phase of the rollout, the government has said.

Boris Johnson hailed another “hugely significant milestone” in the programme to protect the country against the disease.