Less than half of people in parts of England have been vaccinated… How many people have been vaccinated in YOUR area? –

According to official statistics, less than half of people living in parts of London, Birmingham and Leeds have had their first Covid vaccine.

Harehills South, a Leeds neighborhood known for its criminal and antisocial behavior, has the lowest entry rate. Only 38.5 percent of those over the age of 12 living in the area have already accepted invitations for their first dose.

Rates in 13 other departments in the country are below the 50% threshold.

By comparison, one-fifth of the more than 6,700 sites in the UK have an absorption rate of over 90%.

Experts today showed that “disappointing” data that MailOnline added to a handy search tool you can use has failed to convince the most disadvantaged areas to come forward for a push.

Britain’s historic vaccination campaign is credited for saving tens of thousands of lives, keeping the pressure on the NHS and rewriting the darkest days in the history of the pandemic.

Vaccine data compiled by the UK Health Safety Agency are based on the percentage of people over 12 who have been bitten.

Admission data is based on population data from the National Immunization Management Office, which holds vaccination data for the entire country.

UKHSA chiefs divide statistics into different geographic regions, including what are known as mid-level super-production regions. About 8,000 people live in MSOAs each.

Harehills South has the lowest initial acceptance rate (38.5%), followed by Waterloo Road (44.4%) in Wolverhampton and Stamford Hill North (46.1%) in Hackney.

Other districts that fell below the 50% threshold include Oxford’s Headington (46.3%), Middlesbrough’s Ayresome and Haringey’s South Tottenham (both 47.9%).

In contrast, at Whickham in Gateshead and Whitley Bay North in North Tyneside, the absorption rate of the first dose is as high as 94.7%.

According to the No10 coronavirus dashboard, the overall figure for the UK, which started vaccination in December 2020, is 92.1%.

However, the government itself admits that acceptance rates are somewhat out of sync because NIMS population statistics are not perfect.

Professor Paul Hunter, an epidemiologist at the University of East Anglia, told MailOnline that it is “absolutely disappointing” that some parts of the country still have a low prevalence despite “high overall vaccine coverage”.

“I suspect many of these areas are regions with relatively high levels of deprivation and/or high ethnic minorities.

“It is disappointing that the UK’s vaccine efforts have failed to persuade these communities to adopt the vaccine.”

According to Professor Hunter, it seems unlikely that vaccination rates will “increase too much” in the less vaccinated areas of the country in the coming weeks and months.

“As we cross the peak of Omicron, the vast majority of unvaccinated individuals already have the infection and are immune, so we are not in these populations to begin with.

Still, I want to encourage people to get vaccinated even if they are infected because hybrid immunity actually seems to offer the best protection.”

Dr. David Strain, a professor of medicine at the University of Exeter, told MailOnline that the slow rate of absorption in some parts of the country is most likely due to perceptions of the vaccine, and “insufficient effort” has been made to provide information on its benefits. vaccine safety. accessible injection for all.

He said it was “worrying” that the lowest intakes were occurring in the areas with the most ethnically diverse populations, because they are “the same populations that have had worse outcomes due to acute Covid infections and therefore have more to gain”.

Nearly 53 million first Covid vaccines have been distributed in the UK since the start of the outbreak, and 92.1% of people over the age of 12 have received their first dose since 8, when the first dose was given. December 2020

Approximately 49.6 million people, or 86.2% of people over 12 years of age, enrolled for a second dose given four weeks after the first injection.

More than 39 million booster doses were administered to the UK, and around 970,000 doses were given in a single day in December as the country strengthened its immunity to the Omicron wave.

Nearly 45,000 Covid vaccines were distributed per day in the week to 10 April as thousands of Britons continue to step forward for first, second and third doses, and also tire and move forward as part of the spring recall campaign. five to 11 years

In the UK, more than nine out of 10 people over the age of 12 take the first dose, 86.2% a double dose and more than two-thirds a booster.

However, as long as the ‘Covid is over’ rhetoric persists, it will be difficult to convince these populations, which have historically been wary of rapidly evolving treatments, that it remains safe, effective and the best way to protect the whole family. keep. of course,” said Dr. strain.

He added that as many cultures celebrate Easter, Ramadan and Easter, it would be “an ideal time to invite religious and community leaders to remember that Covid is not over and that vaccines are the best source of protection.”

Vaccines have been credited with greatly reducing the threat of SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus behind the Covid pandemic.

Before the coup d’état hit the scene, Britain had countless days where more than 1,000 people died from the virus.

But now, even as infection rates reach the peak of the pandemic, there are fewer than 300 deaths per day compared to levels seen in severe flu outbreaks.

Top scholars also credited the many waves the UK had to endure and Omicron’s more moderate nature that allowed the country to break free of all restrictions and ‘Living with Covid’.

The UK is currently distributing the fourth dose to people over 75, nursing home residents of all ages and people with compromised immune systems, such as some cancer patients.

These groups can benefit from Spring Booster if six months have passed since the first booster injection.

Health leaders also plan to distribute another booster dose this fall. An additional vaccine may be offered to millions of adults.

The vaccine offering was expanded to children aged five to eleven in the UK earlier this month. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have already offered to film this age group.

No10 vaccine advisors said the move would prevent “a very limited number of children from being seriously ill and hospitalized”.