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Covid vaccines have offered a conceivable way out of the pandemic, as most candidates developed by pharmaceutical companies around the world capable of protecting against 90 percent of cases or more. But none of them would have any effect on the UK's case rate without willing participants. Thankfully, the latest data suggests Brits are happy to do their bit for the vaccine effort.
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Coverage by age group
Statistics from the NHS, which tracks the number of vaccines administered every week, show uptake is near 100 percent across the board.
The data comes from Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships (STPs) and Integrated Care Systems (ICS) scattered across the country.
The groups divided the results into four categories by age and region, focusing on the UK's most vulnerable population cohorts.
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Each category is now nearing 100 percent total single-dose coverage.
Vaccinators have covered a total of 94.9 percent of the most vulnerable cohort; those aged 80 and over.
Uptake in this category is near-universally above 90 percent, with few outliers.
For example, Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin has the highest uptake rate of 100 percent.
But the East London Health and Care Partnership is trailing behind the other ICS and STPs, with just 79.6 percent.
Health officials have had the most success with the 75 to 79 category, the second most vulnerable.