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Around one in seven adults in Arun have yet to receive a Covid-19 vaccine, figures suggest – as the Government launches plans to offer booster shots in the autumn.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has appealed to the millions of people across the UK who have not yet taken up the offer of a coronavirus vaccine to finally get the jab to help the country avoid tougher restrictions over the winter.

NHS England data shows 122,820 people aged 18 and over in Arun had received a first dose of the vaccine by September 13.

But this means that 20,733 remain unvaccinated – around 14.4 per cent of all adults in the area, based on the number of people on the National Immunisation Management Service.

Around one in seven adults in Arun are still unvaccinated

Those aged 30-39 have the highest refusal rates in the area, with 29.7 per cent yet to get a jab, followed by the 18-29 age bracket (28.6 per cent).

A higher proportion of children aged 16 and 17 are unvaccinated (42.4 per cent), but they were offered the jab much later than others.

At the other end of the scale, just 2.8 per cent of those aged 80-89 have not received their first vaccine.

Around one in seven Arun adults still unvaccinated