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🚨BREAKING: Fourth jabs are not currently needed, the Government’s scientific advisers have said, amid increasing evidence that omicron is far more mild than previous variants

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💉The JCVI said that boosters are continuing to provide high levels of protection against severe disease from omicron in older adults, including the most vulnerable

📊JCVI analysis found that three months after they received the third jab, protection against hospitalisation among those aged 65 and over remains at about 90%.

With two vaccine doses, protection against severe disease drops to about 70% after three months and to 50% after six

🔻Covid numbers in Britain have fallen for a third day in a row as evidence emerges that each case is bringing up to 12 times fewer hospitalisations than last year’s winter peak

💬On Friday, the Health Secretary said that the NHS is facing a “rocky few weeks ahead” as it contends with a wave of omicron cases.

Sajid Javid made the comments after two major incidents were declared in England due to pressures caused by the Covid variant’s spread

🗣️During a visit to King’s College Hospital in south London, Mr Javid said that these were “challenging times” for the health service and the “best thing” people could do was get their Covid-19 booster jab

💉Sajid Javid said three doses of Covid vaccine provided about 90% effectiveness against hospitalisation for omicron, urging people to come forward for their third jab

🏥On the same visit, Amanda Pritchard, the chief executive of the NHS, said that a fortnight of further hospital admissions for Covid-19 are “already baked in” as some NHS staff face “the steepest climb of the pandemic yet”

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