75% Of Britons Double Jagged

PM hails roll-out but top medic warns herd immunity is a ‘myth’

- Rachel Wearmouth

MORE than three-quarters of adults are now double vaccinated, new data shows, as one of the UK’s most senior scientists warned that herd immunity was “mythical”.

Government data said 39,688,566 people had received both doses, while another seven million have had a single dose.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson called the vaccine programme “incredible”, adding: “This is a huge national achievement, which we should all be proud of.”

But Sir Andrew Pollard, who chairs the UK’s vaccines watchdog the JCVI, told MPs yesterday that while jags would “slow” transmission, new strains could still infect the double vaccinated.