British prime minister Boris Johnson urged the British public to get vaccinated in a Christmas message released on Friday.
"Though the time for buying presents is theoretically running out, there is still a wonderful thing you can give your family and the whole country, and that is to get that jab - whether it is your first, or your second, or your booster," he said.
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