Up to 77 per cent of 253,562 people, who are due for the second round of the Covid-19 vaccine, had not yet received the jab by June 18, government statistics indicate.
The second round of the vaccine increases protection for recipients from severe illness and deaths by up to 30 per cent (from 62-92 per cent), according to government scientists.
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