LONDON--Thousands of people across England are spending a few minutes of Christmas Day to line up under leaden winter skies to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as the omicron variant fuels a surge in infections across the country. The Good Health Pharmacy in north London is one of dozens of vaccination sites that kept their doors open Saturday to administer “ jingle jabs" amid a government push to offer booster shots to all adults by the end of the year. Pharmacist Fenil Lalji said the shop’s owne

More than 12, 000 people were vaccinated against coronavirus on Christmas Day, NHS figures have shown. NHS staff reported that there were hundreds of thousands of “ jingle jab ” vaccinations over Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day, including more than 10, 000 top-up doses.On Boxing Day, 24, 078 jabs were delivered, including 20, 278 top-ups.... Taken with new figures from Christmas Eve, this means that 214, 000 doses in total were delivered including 184, 445 boosters. Scores of sites

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The number of people getting their first jabs of the Covid vaccine soared in the run-up to Christmas, the latest government figures show. Just over 221, 000 first doses were administered in England in the week ending 21 December – a 46 per cent rise from the previous week, the Department of Health and Social Care said. The largest increase was seen among young people – one of the groups that the vaccine programme has found hardest to reach – with an 85 per cent increase in first doses for those

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PETALING JAYA: Rapid mass vaccination is the way out of the current economic and public health crisis, with Malaysia achieving its target of 200, 000 jabs ahead of schedule, says Khairy Jamaluddin.“ Our way out of this crisis depends on our collective strength as a society to roll out a rapid immunisation plan while managing the daily new cases and surge in terms of hospital capacity, ” said the coordinating minister of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme. Khairy, who is also Science, T

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 18, 135, 561 individuals, or 77.5% of the adult population, in the country have been fully vaccinated as of Friday, according to the Special Committee on Ensuring Access to Covid-19 Vaccine Supply( JKJAV). JKJAV, in an infographic on its official Twitter account yesterday, said 92.9% or 21, 861, 904 individuals of the adult population had received at least one jab of the vaccination.On the daily vaccination rate, it said 238, 002 doses of the vaccine were dispensed on Fr

KUCHING: Being eighty-two years old and wheelchair-bound didn’t stop Najah Ahmad from Kampung Sibu Laut here from getting her Covid-19 jab at the Telaga Air health clinic across the river from her village. Sitting in a wheelchair, she was helped onto a boat for the 10-minute ride across the Sibu River to reach the clinic, located about 200m from the jetty at Kampung Telaga Air.“ I’m thankful to receive the vaccine.... I want to get vaccinated to protect myself, my family and others.“ I’ve been

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia needs to plan ahead to administer Covid-19 vaccine booster shots considering the waning effect over time, say health experts. While the focus to vaccinate those who have not received their jabs including teenagers should be ramped up, they suggested immunity surveillance for those who need a booster shot to avoid wastage. Malaysian Medical Association president Dr Koh Kar Chai said booster shots were likely necessary as “ the protective effects of vaccination will wane ov