New data shows that Covid-19 booster vaccinations are needed now - and the UK needs to 'get on with' triple jabbing the populace - Jeremy Hunt has said.
The former Health Secretary, now chair of the Health and Social Care Select Committee, took to Twitter to give an update on the pandemic - and to demand that the UK follows the example set by Israel.
In a string of tweets, Mr Hunt said: "We’ve been away but the virus has stuck around…a thread on where we are today with covid.
"Overall the picture is not as sunny as the weather in Scotland. The headline data coming out of Israel - where 80% of adults are double jabbed so higher than here - is concerning.
"Yesterday they recorded their highest ever daily number of new cases.
"Cases there have been rising since July so the govt has responded with an aggressive booster vaccine programme, mandating masks and vaccinating teenagers.
"Some aren’t convinced even that is enough to control the Delta variant.
"BUT…the third dose campaign is clearly working. There was a big drop in rate of growth of severely ill patients two weeks after it started.
"The clear lesson for the UK seems to be…get on with booster jabs, not just for the clinically vulnerable but for everyone. The latest Zoe study showed vaccine effectiveness dropping after six months, so why are we hanging around?
"Hopefully Sajid Javid will have more to say on this in parliament next week."
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