ALMOST one in five adults in York have yet to receive a Covid-19 vaccine, figures suggest.

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 148,981 people aged 18 and over in York had received a first dose of the vaccine by September 13.

But this means that 32,701 remain unvaccinated. That's around 18 per cent of all adults in the area, based on the number of people on the National Immunisation Management Service.

Those aged 18-29 have the highest refusal rates in the area - with 32.6 per cent yet to get a jab. This was followed by the 30-39 age bracket at 26.8 per cent.

A higher proportion of children aged 16 and 17 are unvaccinated - 35.1 per cent - but they were offered the jab much later than others.

Out of the UK population, around 10.8 per cent of the UK population aged 16 and above have not got their vaccine.

Meanwhile just 2.7 per cent of those aged 80-89 have not received their first vaccine.