MORE than four in five eligible adults aged 18 or over have now had their booster vaccine as the NHS Covid-19 Vaccination Programme, including at a Bradford restaurant, the biggest and fastest in health history, continues to protect the nation from the threat of Omicron.

The NHS ramped up capacity last month to roll out booster jabs at unprecedented speed, with staff delivering ‘jingle jabs’ over Christmas and the New Year everywhere from soup kitchens and Christmas markets, to stadiums.

The booster campaign also saw customers and staff at MyLahore who are aged 18 and over will have a chance to get their first, second, or booster dose at its flagship restaurant on Great Horton Road, Bradford.

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So far, more than 30 million adults have now had their booster dose, which is 80 per cent of those eligible, including nine in 10 people aged 50 and over.

More people continue to become eligible for their booster every day, three months on from their second dose in line with JCVI guidance.

As of yesterday, there were 1.2 million slots available for the rest of this week at one of the around 3,000 vaccination sites across the country, from a drive-through at Blackburn Rovers’ stadium to a fire station in Cosham.

Since the NHS in England made history by delivering the first Covid-19 vaccination outside of clinical trials to Maggie Keenan in December 2020, hard-working staff and volunteers have delivered more than 114 million vaccine doses to over 43m people.

Any adult who has had Covid is not able to get their next vaccine dose until at least 28 days after first testing positive, in line with JCVI guidance. Children are advised to wait 12 weeks.

GP and NHS deputy lead for the vaccination programme, Dr Nikki Kanani, said: “We would not have been able to vaccinate four in five adults with a vital booster at such a phenomenal speed without NHS staff, volunteers and local partners, who have pulled out all stops to administer more than 30 million boosters in total, as the largest and fastest vaccine programme in NHS history hits yet another milestone.

“I would urge everyone still eligible to book in for their top-up dose to do so as soon as they can – there are millions of slots available up and down the country each week as well as walk-ins and it has never been easier or more convenient to get protected.”