Coronavirus: Boosters and masks vital to get through difficult winter, says Van-Tam - The Times

Christmas will be “problematic” unless people behave cautiously and get their booster jabs, England’s deputy chief medical officer has warned.

Jonathan Van-Tam spoke of “hard months” ahead as he said that now was “not the time to be complacent” with the country’s infection rates “running hot”.

People should wear masks in cinemas and when moving about in pubs and restaurants as part of more cautious behaviour to keep infections under control over the winter, he said.

Urging people to get their booster vaccines, Van-Tam said that the government should make it easier by telling people weeks in advance when they were about to become eligible.

The booster campaign has slipped back in the past week, with the UK daily average of 273,453 a day about

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