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HUGS could be back on the cards this summer as 70 per cent of adults in England have coronavirus antibodies.
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It means a quarter have had both jabs - a total of 13,201,811 people.
Vaccines have a direct link to antibodies and protecting people from infection and the data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed that seven in 10 Brits now have antibodies.
Dr Mary Ramsay, head of immunisation at Public Health England (PHE) said: Vaccines are vital in helping us return to a normal way of life. Not only do vaccines reduce the severity of illness and prevent hundreds of deaths every day, we now see they also have an additional impact on reducing the chance of passing Covid-19 on to others.
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28 April 2021
The government’s Vaccines Taskforce has purchased an additional 60 million doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine
Move will ensure people have the strongest possible protection from COVID-19
An extra 60 million doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine have been secured by the UK government to help support the booster COVID-19 vaccination programme beginning from the autumn.
To protect the most vulnerable ahead of the winter, the government is preparing for a booster programme based on clinical need to ensure people have the strongest possible protection against COVID-19.
The additional Pfizer/BioNTech jabs will be used alongside other approved COVID-19 vaccines for the booster programme.