The Government scientist, whose modelling spooked Number 10 into ordering the original coronavirus lockdown, said was the UK was experiencing a very explosive wave of infection .
Pfizer boss Dr Albert Bourla said he thought a fourth jab would be needed a year after the third based on the previous variants in circulation, but Omicron s emergence means we may need it faster .
EXCLUSIVE: Just 21 per cent of over-50s in Sparkhill North, Birmingham, received a third jab by November 28, with thirteen other areas jabbing less than a quarter.
Pfizer announced today that three doses of its vaccine provide a more robust defence against the Omicron variant, which was first identified in South Africa last month.
The Government scientist, whose modelling bounced No10 into the original UK lockdown last spring, said the return of stay-at-home orders certainly might be possible to protect the NHS.