UK Vaccine Rollout Reaches Over-70s Priority Group

People stand in line outside the mass NHS vaccination center that has been set up at the Millennium Point center in Birmingham, England, on Jan. 11, 2021. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

The UK government announced on Jan. 18 that vaccines against COVID-19 are now being rolled out to those aged 70 and over, aiming to reach the whole group by the middle of next month.

“Now that more than half of all over-80s have had their jab, we can begin vaccinating the next most vulnerable groups,” Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock said in a statement.