The U.K. is being engulfed by a tidal wave of Covid cases, with a growing number linked to the omicron variant, while it races to deploy booster shots.
The U.K. is being engulfed by a tidal wave of Covid cases, with a growing number linked to the omicron Covid variant.
Members of the public queue for Covid-19 vaccinations and booster jabs at St Thomas' Hospital on December 14, 2021 in London, England.LONDON — The U.K. is being engulfed by a tidal wave of Covid cases, with a growing number linked to the omicron Covid variant, as it races to give booster shots to as many people as possible.restore much of the vaccine protection lost through a natural waning of immunity and boost our bodies' ability to fight the omicron variant if we become infected.
"The pace of [the booster] rollout across the four nations is such that the U.K. as a whole now has twice as many boosters per head as the EU and more than twice as many as the United States,"as he urged the public to get boosted as soon as possible. The data is likely to refer to adults, however; since Wednesday, anyone in England who is 18 or over can book a booster dose, as long as they had their second dose at least three months ago. Those aged 16 or over can also book it they have a health condition that puts them at high risk from Covid.
However, CDC data shows that only 30% of U.S. adults over the age of 18 have received a booster shot . It is too early to say whether it causes more severe illness as it was only designated as a "variant of concern" by the World Health Organization on Nov. 26.
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