Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox More than 700,000 people booked their coronavirus vaccine jab in a single day as jabs were opened up to all adults.
A total of 721,469 appointments were made through the national booking service on Friday, more than 30,000 an hour or more than eight every second., the NHS said, after people aged 18 to 20 were invited to come forward.
It comes after a 'bumper week almost 1.8 million appointments made in just three days after the NHS vaccination programme opened up to people in their early twenties. READ MORE: Andy Burnham hits out at Nicola Sturgeon over 'unnecessary' travel ban Some 692,299 appointments were made on Tuesday when 23 and 24-year-olds
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