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Thousands to get Christmas Day booster jab as battle continues against Covid-19
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukThousands of people across the country will receive a Christmas Day booster jab as NHS vaccinators continue to work through England's population in the face of record Covid-19 case rates.
Health Secretary Sajid Javid urged people to “make the booster a part of your Christmas this year”, as figures showed the scale of the threat from the Omicron variant.
A further 122,186 lab-confirmed Covid-19 cases were recorded in the UK as of 9am on Christmas Eve, another record daily figure, while 137 people died within 28 days of testing positive. READ MORE: Met Office issues snow warning for northern England on Boxing Day There were 1,171 Covid-19 hospital admissions in the UK on December 20, up 30 percent week-on-week and the highest number since
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