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Hope for Brits' holidays this summer as 54million adults should be vaccinated 'by June'

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There was a glimmer of optimism for Brits desperate for a much-needed summer holiday yesterday as the head of the NHS said they're hopeful of immunising all 54million adults ahead of schedule.

Sir Simon Stevens said that 140 people a minute were now being given the jab, usually the first dose of two. But he added that the NHS had never been in a more precarious position, with 75 per cent more Covid patients than at the April peak.

He went on to tell the BBC that that he is hopeful the country can 'do faster' with its Covid jabs programme, beating the target currently set for all adults to be immunised by the Autumn.

Sir Simon told the BBC1 ’s The Andrew Marr Show that health workers will vaccinate as fast as possible to hit the target. He

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