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12:00 AM May 20, 2021
Almost a third of adults in Norfolk and Waveney have now received both doses of the coronavirus vaccine.
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People aged 34 and over can book their Covid jabs from today (Thursday), the NHS in England has announced.
More than one million people aged 34 and 35 will get a text message on Thursday or Friday asking them to come forward for their Covid vaccine, NHS England said.
The vaccination programme is expected to extend to people in their early thirties over the next few days and weeks , it added.
Health officials have sped up the timetable to offer second jabs in a bid to ensure that those at highest risk are protected from the variant of the virus first identified in India.
People in England as young as 34 can get a Covid vaccine from today
More than one million people will get a text message inviting them to book the jab
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From today (May 20), people as young as 34 will receive that all important text asking them to book their Covid-19 vaccine, NHS England has said.
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