One million jabs were booked over the weekend as officials launched a 'summer sprint' to vaccinate all over-18s by July 19.
Thousands queued in the rain for jabs at Tottenham Hotspur's stadium in north London yesterday after the football club turned into a walk-in vaccine clinic for the day. Most of those getting vaccinated were in their late teens or 20s.
Officials are in a race to vaccinate younger adults in a bid to halt the spread of the Indian variant and stop students bringing Covid-19 back home over the summer holidays, potentially infecting older generations.
Cases are currently highest among people in their 20s and infections are five times higher in under-25s than in over-65s, as almost all older adults have received both doses.
Thousands queued in the rain for jabs at Tottenham Hotspur's stadium in London yesterday (pictured) as officials launched a 'summer sprint' to vaccinate all over-18s by July 19
Officials are in a race to vaccinate younger adults in a bid to halt the spread of the Indian variant. Pictured: People queue at Tottenham Hotspur's stadium in north London
Cases are currently highest among people in their 20s. Pictured: Woman gets Covid-19 vaccine at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday
Humphrey Vocadlo, 20, receives a Pfizer Covid vaccine at an NHS Vaccination Clinic at Tottenham Hotspur's stadium in north London
Everyone aged 18 and over is being urged to arrange a jab if they have not yet had one, as the health service enters the final push to protect the country against the virus.
Public Health England said there has been a 79 per cent rise in one week in cases of the Delta variant, first identified in India, with the increase being driven by younger age groups.
Similar pop-up centres to the one at Tottenham Hotspur were set up on Saturday at sporting venues in London and giant jab clinics were also opened at the Olympic Stadium, Stamford Bridge, Charlton Athletic FC, Selhurst Park and Crystal Palace Athletics Centre.
There were also pop up clinics at universities, such as in York and Canterbury.
The day before, the vaccine programme was thrown open to all over-18s and the NHS revealed that 1,008,472 jab appointments were booked on Friday and Saturday.
Social media firms have signed up to a government plan to encourage younger people to get the Covid jab. Snapchat, Reddit, TikTok and YouTube joined the scheme.
The success of the vaccination rollout is crucial if 'Freedom Day' can finally go ahead on July 19.
The Premier League club football club (pictured) turned into a walk-in vaccine clinic for the day. Most of those getting vaccinated were in their late teens or 20s
Covid infections are five times higher in under-25s than in over-65s, as almost all older adults have received both doses. Pictured: People queue at Tottenham Hotspur stadium
Anna Solvalag, 18, receives a Pfizer Covid vaccine at an NHS Vaccination Clinic at Tottenham Hotspur's stadium in north London
The NHS revealed that 1,008,472 jab appointments were booked on Friday and Saturday. Pictured: People queue outside Tottenham Hotspur's football stadium to receive vaccine
Jia Tian, 40, receives a Pfizer Covid vaccine at an NHS Vaccination Clinic at Tottenham Hotspur's stadium in north London
About two-thirds of cases are in unvaccinated people, and just one in 13 infections are in those who have received both doses.
So far some 59.5 per cent of British adults have had two doses of a vaccine, while 81.6 per cent have had at least one dose.
Dr Susan Hopkins, from Public Health England,
