Everything you need to know about the vaccine rollout and getting your second dose - Chronicle Live

With the Covid lockdown easing delayed for at least four weeks, the Government has accelerated the vaccine programme.

It was revealed this week that Step 4 of the Roadmap - the lifting of lockdown restrictions planned for June 21 - has been paused for four weeks while the vaccination programme is accelerated.

All over 40s who received a first dose by mid-May will be offered a second dose by July 19.

The vaccination programme is weakening the link between cases and hospitalisations, but the latest evidence shows that two doses are needed to provide effective protection against the Delta variant?

All adults aged 18 and over will now be offered a first dose by July 19, two weeks earlier than planned.

By July 19, all those aged over 50 and the clinically extremely vulnerable will have been offered their second dose, and those second doses will have taken effect

Cases are expected to continue rising due to the transmissibility of the Delta variant, but with the acceleration of the vaccination programme hospitalisations are expected to stabilise