More than 15 million people in the UK have now had a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed the milestone on Sunday and described it as an "extraordinary feat" to have vaccinated so many vulnerable people.
Johnson also said that in England jabs have been offered to everyone in the top four priority groups.
They include care home residents and their carers, followed by people over 80 and frontline health and social care workers.
The third priority group was people aged 75 and over, and the fourth group was people over the age of 70 and those deemed to be "clinically extremely vulnerable".
"We have reached a significant milestone in the United Kingdom's national vaccination programme," Johnson said in a video posted on Twitter.
"On December 8 just after 6.30am in the morning, this country's first coronavirus jab was delivered safely into the arms of Margaret Keenan at University Hospital in Coventry.
"In the following two months, this country has achieved an extraordinary feat, administering a total of 15 million jabs into the arms of some of the most vulnerable people in the country."
The milestone meets the target set on January 4 to offer a first vaccine dose to everyone in the four top priority groups by mid-February.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the accomplishment shows what the UK can achieve working together.
"The vaccine is our route to freedom - we will beat this virus jab by jab," he said.
Vaccine Minister Nadhim Zahawi vowed to not rest until all categories of the most vulnerable and all over 50s were completed by the end April, followed by all adults.
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