coronavirus vaccine by May, the government has announced. Ministers had previously refused to give a firm date, saying only that the first nine priority groups would be vaccinated by the spring.Downing Street repeatedly declined to define when spring ends during a briefing for journalists on Thursday.But the Cabinet Office announced on Friday morning that the government intended to vaccinate all nine cohorts by May.It said the UK’s vaccination programme planned to have reached all nine priority cohorts by May – which it said gave the government confidence to commit to holding local elections that month.According to the government’s vaccines delivery plan, some 27 million people in England – and 32 million people across the UK – are.
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