After a slow start, the rollout of booster jabs is beginning to pick up in England. More than 60% of over-80s have now been triple-jabbed.
The government is ramping up the booster jab rollout in England in a bid to stave off calls to introduce Plan B measures to tackle COVID-19.
On 27 October, of the 9.2 million people who were eligible , less than two-thirds had received a third dose. As these groups were the first to be vaccinated, most are now seeing a fall in immunity from the vaccine.Jonathan Ball, professor of molecular virology at the University of Nottingham, says that waning immunity is"undoubtedly" contributing to the high levels of virus circulation.Can we see the impact of booster jabs yet?
Since 20 October, the number of over-85s admitted to hospital has fallen slightly from 8.9 per 100,000 people to 8.1.
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