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Nearly three million young adults in UK still to be vaccinated against Covid

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Covid-19 vaccine, new figures show. A total of 2.9 million 18 to 29-year-olds are estimated to be unjabbed, including nearly 2.5 million in England.Wales is the only nation to have managed to give a first dose to more than three-quarters of young adults, with an estimated 75.8% having received one jab.

Scotland is next on 73.2%, followed by England on 70.8% and Northern Ireland on 66.3%. The figures have been published by the UK's four health agencies and cover vaccines delivered up to August 18.A host of initiatives have been launched in recent weeks to encourage take-up among young adults, including renewed appeals from political leaders and pop-up vaccination centres.In England a number of food delivery and taxi-hailing companies have.

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