Vaccinations continue during the festive period as the UK's daily Covid cases hit an all-time high.
The government and NHS England have launched an advertising campaign for the expanded booster programme, urging the public to "Get Boosted Now".
Health Secretary Sajid Javid said it had "never been more vital to get your jabs" and called the recent increase in first and second doses "excellent". Vaccination appointments continue to be available during the festive period. Extra vaccine centres and pop-up sites have opened, while a total of 750 armed forces personnel have been drafted in to help with the booster rollout.
There are roughly 3,000 vaccination sites around the country, with further pop-up sites due to be opened in the most accessible places for local communities.that it would give £22.5m to councils to encourage people to get vaccinated in the run-up to Christmas - with community vaccine champions set to target 60 local authorities with the lowest vaccine uptake.
Figures issued on Friday by the Office for National Statistics estimate 1.74 million people in the UK had coronavirus on 19 December, up by more than 368,000 on the figure three days earlier.FESTIVE FAVOURITES:
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