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UK aims for ‘Jabby New Year’ with boosters as COVID cases remain high

The Economic Times | 29/12/2021 11:39 PM | Click to read full article

The surge in cases in the UK continues to be driven by the Omicron variant but it does not show a similarly sharp rise in hospital admissions.

The head of the UK’s COVID vaccination programme said the National Health Service (NHS) is contacting thousands more people from Wednesday urging them to book a booster vaccine and have a “Jabby New Year” as the country recorded another 129,471 coronavirus cases.

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