Rutland MP urges locals to get their booster jab when called for it
The call comes on the first anniversary of the first vaccine being given, outside a clinical trial
Today is the first anniversary of the first vaccine being given to someone in the UK and Rutland's MP is using the date to urge everyone here to get their booster jab when called for it.
More than 20 million people across the UK have now had their booster - including almost 34 and a half thousand people in Rutland and Melton.
The booster programme's now been expanded so all adults will be offered a top-up jab by the end of January.
The effort's being supported by around 4 hundred military personnel - including the 2 Royal Anglian Regiment based at Kendrew Barracks in Cottesmore.
Alicia Kearns, MP for Rutland and Melton, said:
“40% of us in Rutland and Melton have had our booster jabs – an incredible achievement, and our most important weapon in our battle with COVID-19.
“Given the new Omicron variant, it’s so important that every adult gets the booster jab when called.
“Thanks to everyone who is making our world-beating vaccination effort happen – especially the volunteers who do amazing work to make our clinics run.
“When you get contacted by the NHS to get your booster, please get it as soon as possible. It’s the best way to make you, and your loved ones, safer from the virus – and I’m proud that so many in Rutland and Melton have done so already.”