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That from tomorrow fully vaccinated people in england who are close contacts of covid cases will be told to take daily lateral flow tests for seven days from tomorrow. but when trying to order those tests online, people are currently greeted with an error message saying "there are no more home tests available" and to "try again later". it comes as the government says every adult in england will be offered a covid boosterjab by the end of the month, to fight what the prime minister has described ...

That this is somehow a milder version of the virus, i think thats something we need to set on one side. in stockport, greater manchester, this walk—in centre has seen steady business, particularly as concerns grow around the omicron variant. all the time, we feel like we are getting more it does feel weve had queues around the building. so, theres a definite energy and demand. and thats people coming for their first jabs, second jabs and their boosters. theres still lots we dont know about thi...

Outlined by borisjohnson yesterday, aiming to have everyone over the age of 18 vaccinated with a third jab or a boosterjabbed for people who are immunosuppressed by the end of the year. its an interesting use of language and jenny touched on it in the first round. borisjohnson said that he wanted everyone over 18 to have the chance to get their booster before the new year. and that will language was rolled back on today as jenny pointed out last time round with nhs bosses saying its about being ...

The uks covid alert level has also been raised to level four, which means a high, or rising level of transmission. the booster target means people aged 18 and over in england will be able to get their third jabs from this week, as long as it has been three months since their second dose. those aged 30 and over can already book an appointment online. the prime minister said more than a0 teams from the miltary will be deployed to help with the vaccination effort. mobile units will be established a...

This is bbc news with the latest headlines. every adult in england will be offered a covid booster by the end of the month as the health secretary promises to "throw everything" at beating omicron. what we have now that we didnt have before with any of the other variants when they started is that we have vaccines. now, we know that two dont work. we know that three do. thats why its eminently sensible, absolutely the right thing to this action. the target will mean up to a million jabs a day, bu...

The month. so far, the highest theyve ever done here in britain was back in march, about 850,000 doses in a single day. so basically britain is going to have to break its record amount of vaccines every single day, but not just once. every day throughout the holidays until the end of the year. now, what are they doing? theyre calling out an army of volunteers and retired doctors but also just the army. theyre bringing out the military in order to get these jabs in peoples arms. it is really a de...

With the prime minister today, now has to oversee a major acceleration of the programme. this is a huge challenge for the nhs and for the country. the prime minister has told us, and public health experts have told us, that the rate at which the omicron variant is spreading presents a serious threat and i have no doubt that the nhss amazing staff will step up. with more than 100,000 people booking overnight for boosterjabs in england, the website crashed at times. so is the new target, offering ...

This is bbc news — these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. every adult in england will be offered a covid booster by the end of the month— as the health secretary promises to "throw everything" at beating omicron. what we have now that we didnt have before with any of the other variants when they started is that we have vaccines. now, we know that two dont work. we know that three do. thats why its eminently sensible, absolutely the right thing to take this action. the...

Things we do not know about omicron, we think this is the best approach. a combination of plan b, some sensible steps to slow the spread of the virus, to buy us some time and help to reduce the mortality rate and infections, and combine that with rapidly building up our booster defences. the reason we are doing this is because it became clear on friday that two vaccination jabs were not enough. that was the key moment when we realised we had to accelerate the booster roll out. two jabs plus a bo...

Lets return to our top story, and the huge demand for booster vaccines after the prime minister announced a massive acceleration of the booster programme. the rules about who can get a boosterjab — and how — vary across the four uk nations. in a minute well hear from our correspondents in wales, scotland and northern ireland — but first here is sophie hutchinson on englands rules... in england, boosterjabs are available for everyone aged 18 and over, as long as youve had your second dose a...