Prognosis
U.K. Has Passed Peak of Covid Surge, With 10 Million Vaccinated
- Johnson on track to meet target of 15 million shots by Feb. 15
- Premier warns that infections are still ‘alarmingly high’
Visitors wait for vaccines at the Royal Health & Wellbeing Centre in Oldham, U.K.
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The U.K. has passed the peak of its latest wave of the coronavirus pandemic, officials said, as the country reached the milestone of vaccinating 10 million people, about 15% of the population.
“We are on a downward slope of cases, hospitalizations and deaths,” Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty said at a televised press conference Wednesday. “This peak, at least, we are past.”