Covid vaccine: How many people are vaccinated in the UK?
The UK has ramped up its Covid vaccine booster campaign - part of an attempt to reduce the impact of the new Omicron variant, currently spreading rapidly across the world.
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With nine in 10 of those aged 12 or over in the UK having had a single jab and eight in 10 having had a second, the country has shifted its focus to boosters, which have been shown to offer significant protection from hospitalisation.
Although more than 36 million boosters, or third doses, have been given so far, the government is urging more people to come forward to help the country "ride out" the Omicron wave without the need for further restrictions.
A booster campaign, originally targeted at people over 40 or belonging to a number of other vulnerable groups, has been extended to all over-18s.
The minimum gap between the second jab and booster dose has also been reduced from six to three months, to speed up the booster rollout process.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called on all adults to come forward to get a third dose, saying "people were dying needlessly because they haven't had their jabs". At the start of January, almost nine million eligible people hadn't had their booster and around 60% of patients in intensive care with Covid had not had any vaccination at all, he said.
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, which advises on vaccine policy, says a fourth Covid jab is not yet needed because data shows, three months after a booster shot, people aged 65 and over still have about 90% protection against hospitalisation.
So far, the UK has approved four vaccines for use: Pfizer-BioNTech, Oxford-AstraZeneca, Moderna and Janssen; three of which require two doses for maximum protection.
Those receiving boosters will get one dose of Pfizer or half a dose of Moderna.
There is no vaccine currently approved for use in the under-12s.
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