Over 10 million Covid-19 vaccines administered in the North East and Yorkshire

According to the government, more than 10 million Covid-19 vaccines have been administered in the North East and Yorkshire.

More than 5.7 million people have now received at least one jab in the North East and Yorkshire, and more than 4.3 million people have received the both doses of the vaccine.

With this, it had made the region the third in England to reach 10 million total doses administered, following the Midlands and the South East, as per the government officials.

With 76,774,990 million doses administered in total across the UK, 44,314,799 million people have now been vaccinated with a first dose (84.1 per cent), while 32,460,191 million people have had both doses (61.6 per cent).

Vaccines Minister Nadhim Zahawi urged everybody regardless of their age, religion or beliefs, to get their jabs in order to beat the virus saying, "Vaccine is the only way out to protect oneself from this infection."