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Is it time to get a covid-19 booster — and which one?

Millions more Americans are now eligible for COVID-19 boosters and they can get a different vaccine than their first shots

Wait before Covid booster jabs ‘could be cut to five months’ to speed up rollout

Delay between doses could reportedly be cut from six months to five

GPs to be balloted on industrial action over Javid’s ‘name and shame’ reforms

From November, GPs will have to publicise their NHS earnings of more than £150k per year

‘Tsunami of unmet need’: Care watchdog contradicts government with dire NHS warning

Shortages of nurses force care homes to close as patients face long waits at NHS hospitals

NHS hospital declares ‘critical incident’ as demand higher ‘than any time during pandemic’

‘Unprecedented’ pressure at Treliske in Cornwall is worse ‘than at any point during the pandemic’

Pfizer booster dose offers exceptionally high levels of protection against Covid and all variants, study shows

Risk of symptomatic infection is reduced by 95.6 per cent in people who receive a third dose, compared to those who are vaccinated with two

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Covid: UK daily cases surpass 50,000 for first time since end of lockdown

A total of 52,009 positive cases were recorded in the UK today.

Ask a disease control expert anything about the UK’s rise of Covid cases

Dr Bharat Pankhania will be on hand to answer your questions about the current spike in Covid infections being seen across the UK