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many adults and most children will be offered a free flu vaccine this winter. if you re over 50 or in an at risk group, you ll also need a covid 19 booster. that s the message from the government in their latest coronavirus advertising campaign, urging all those eligible to get both their covid 19 booster vaccines and their winter flu jab as soon as possible. you will start seeing it across tv and social media from tonight, after cases topped 50,000 for the first time in three months. we know from the studies that after your two doses of the covid jab, the immunity starts to wane. it doesn t mean it completely goes, but it lessens. therefore, there is that chance that you won t be immune enough to fight off an infection if you are infected by covid 19. so, therefore, to get the booster just means we re getting you all prepared as we head through to the winter months. and there s a message
expect initial conversations i had been having with campaigners they say have the government goes ahead with this that would be very welcome news indeed. with this that would be very welcome news indeed- a new nationwide advertising campaign is being launched in the uk, to encourage more people to come forward for covid booster vaccines and the winter flu jab. it comes amid growing calls for the government to reintroduce restrictions in england to slow the spread of the virus and protect the nhs. yesterday more than 50,000 covid cases were recorded in the uk for the first time since the middle ofjuly. borisjohnson has been speaking at a vaccine centre this afternoon. so, our autumn and winter plan always preditcted that cases would rise around about now. we are certainly seeing that in the numbers. we are seeing high levels of infection, but they are not outside the parameters of what was predicted or what we thought we had seen in the autumn and winter plan. but it is very important
later toda . ., ~ ,, , . about one in 55 people in private households in england had covid in the week to october the 16th. that s up from approximately one in 60 the previous week. the figures from the office for national statistics come estimated infections continued to decrease in scotland, and were uncertain in wales and northern ireland. it comes as the goverment launches a new nationwide advertising campaign to encourage more people to come forward for booster vaccines and the winter flu jab. our health correspondent katharine da costa joins me now. new figures out what s the government strategy now? infections are still high across the uk, the highest since the end of january. it s like that mixed across the country, still rising in england but falling in scotland. in wales and northern ireland things remain slightly less certain. rates are highest among secondary school pupils, one in 13 had the virus in that week to last saturday. some
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