🔴Although Israel was the first country to widely distribute three jabs of the Covid vaccine during the summer, its rollout has plateaued in recent weeks as the UK’s programme has accelerated
The UK has triple-vaccinated 45.2 per cent of its total population, while Israel has administered boosters to 44.9 per cent.
🇨🇱In Chile, 52.7 per cent of people have had a third jab
'Jingle jabs'
🎄The news came as NHS England announced that the public will be able to get a booster on Christmas Day as part of increased efforts to top-up protection against the omicron variant
💉The rollout will carry on during Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day, with around 200,000 appointments for a third dose made available across the country over the festive period
🔴Sajid Javid, the Health Secretary, paid tribute to NHS staff and volunteers giving up their time with family and friends to help the booster rollout over Christmas
Dr Jenny Harries, the chief executive of the UK Health Security Agency, was accused of being the source of a contested claim by Sajid Javid, the Health Secretary, that there is typically a 17-day lag between patients becoming infected and requiring hospitalisation
➡️However, independent experts pointed to Office for National Statistics (ONS) data, which suggested an average delay of nine or 10 days
"The passing of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu is another chapter of bereavement in our nation’s farewell to a generation of outstanding South Africans who have bequeathed us a liberated South Africa," President Cyril Ramaphosa said
The Most Reverend Desmond Tutu was the Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town from 1986 to 1996, and before that Bishop of Johannesburg – the first black African to hold both posts
🍷Before the UK joined what later became the EU in 1973, it is claimed that 60% of all champagne sold in the country was in imperial pint-sized bottles.
Upon accession to the Common Market, however, the UK fell into line with an existing Brussels ban on the glass container
The Government now has its sights set on lifting the ban.
➡️An ongoing review into “hangover” EU laws has been taken on by Liz Truss, the Foreign Secretary, following the resignation last week of Lord Frost, the former Brexit minister