Coronavirus

NHS delivers ‘super Saturday’ as COVID booster jabs soar

The NHS delivered another record-breaking day for booster jabs with more than 830,000 reported on ‘super Saturday’ as the NHS booster programme continues at pace. A total of 830,403 boosters were delivered and 906,656 vaccinations altogether, including more first and second vaccinations – both records for the programme. The biggest and most successful vaccination programme […]

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NHS steps up to booster challenge with week of records

The NHS in England delivered nearly four million booster vaccines this week, recording a week to week jump in boosters of more than two-thirds, as NHS staff and volunteers accelerated the booster campaign as part of the drive to protect the public from the new Omicron variant. Since Monday, the day after the announcement of […]

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Second day of record COVID booster numbers delivered in England

The NHS continues to ramp up the nation’s defences with 739,867 doses reported on Thursday and 740,775 on Friday, in England. Dr Emily Lawson, director of the NHS COVID-19 vaccination programme in England, said: “Hitting two record booster days in a row just shows how hard NHS staff and volunteers are working to protect the nation […]

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NHS delivers back to back record COVID booster jabs

The NHS COVID vaccination programme delivered another daily booster jab record yesterday (Wednesday) with over 626,000 reported in just one day. There were 626,846 new boosters reported – an increase of 84% from the 340,615 recorded on the previous Wednesday. Bookings for boosters also continued to surge with a record 821,075 appointments for top-ups made […]

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NHS booster bookings open to every eligible adult

Every eligible adult can book their booster jab from today as the NHS COVID-19 Vaccination programme seeks to protect the nation from the new Omicron strain of the virus. People aged 18 to 29 can now use the national booking service to make an appointment to get their jab at one of thousands of centres […]

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Booster bookings surge as NHS accelerates COVID-19 vaccine campaign

More than 650,000 booster bookings were made yesterday (Monday) as the NHS kickstarted the expansion of its world-leading COVID-19 vaccination programme. Yesterday was the second highest day for booster bookings as the online service opened to all eligible people aged 30 and above. A total of 704,148 vaccine appointments were made, including 655,170 for boosters. […]

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NHS sets out next steps to accelerate COVID-19 booster rollout

The NHS has today outlined detailed plans to accelerate the COVID-19 booster programme with more pop-up vaccination centres and extended opening hours as part of plans to protect the nation against the new Omicron variant. In response to the threat of the new variant, vaccination sites have been asked to operate 12 hours a day, seven […]

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