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Checks for the over 75s, to allow doctors to focus on covid boosterjabs. we are struggling to meet the increased demand, of day—to—day work, our own backlog and also the backlog from the hospitals, but at the same time, we do understand the importance of trying to vaccinate the population. but there is concern from some patient groups. they warn the measure will disadvantage older people and lead to early warning signs of illness being missed. this is a clear case of age discrimination. its ...

On merseyside, the demand for boosterjabs is high. staff here have seen nearly 800 walkins a day over the last week. we are doing over 30,000 booster vaccinations since september but people are still coming for their first and second vaccination, which is great news, because it is never too late to start the vaccination. gps across england will now be allowed to defer some of the services they provide to patients like routine health checks for over 75s to allow doctors to focus on covid—19 boo...

We do understand the importance of trying to vaccinate the population. but there is concern from some patient groups. they warn the measure will disadvantage older people and lead to early warning signs of illness being missed. this is a clear case of age discrimination. its another example of when people reach a certain age, their health is not valued as much as the health of younger people and it feeds into this narrative of care homes not being protected. the british medical association insis...

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Booster shots. a lot of reporting on breakthrough infections. where does denmark stand on that? >> so we are also offering a third jab now to a specific group, the elderly and specific patient groups. and i think thats a key part of our strategy. obviously, we are approaching winter here in denmark and immunity may wane. so part of our, i mean, lifting of the restriction is that we will offer a third jab to specific patient groups. >> are you concerned about new variants? >> globally speaking bu...

Spoke about the boosters and why they are so important. >> we need the boost because ultimately, it may turn out that the ultimate proper immunization regimen is a three-dose regimen. remember, we made it a two-dose regimen. we were dealing with a two-dose version. we needed to get the vaccines out because they were life saving. what were observing now not only in the united states but other countries including israel and the u.k., that the durability of the protection tends to waenl. particular...

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