All you need to know from the Government's coronavirus briefing
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has pleaded with the public to followcoronavirus rules as new figures show nearly 2.3 million people in the UK havehad a vaccine jab.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock says he is “very pleased that the NHS staff have been carved out of the pay freeze”. The government has proposed giving healthcare workers a pay rise of just 1%, whilst other public sector workers such as teachers and police will see their pay frozen this year. Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Government data up to March 5 shows that 21,358,815 people have received a first dose of the coronavirus vaccine - a rise of 376,244 on the previous day.
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Government data up to March 3 shows that of the 21,946,433 jabs given in the UK so far, 20,982,571 were first doses – a rise of 278,956 on the previous day.
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