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On Sunday evening, Boris Johnson told the nation to “get boosted now”.
With evidence emerging that two jabs may not be enough to protect people against the latest variant, omicron, the prime minister made an appeal to the nation – which was then reiterated by leader of the opposition Keir Starmer– and said that he would be enlisting the support of the army to ensure anyone over the age of 18 could get their jabs by the end of the year.
Since his announcement, many vaccine centres have seen long queues form as people show they are willing to wait hours to get a dose of Pfizer in their arm at walk in centres, rather than book an appointment. Booking for under 30s opens tomorrow.
There have also been problems with the NHS website, which people say has been repeatedly crashing as they tried to book their jabs. The system was overwhelmed on Monday as over-30s became eligible to book their booster.
Here are 11 photos of queues at vaccine centres throughout the country from over the last couple of days.
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Just a slight queue for the booster this morning lmao https://t.co/iJfcOper1X— 🏳️🌈🐺Kiffy🐺🏳️🌈 3/?💉| LV 34 (@🏳️🌈🐺Kiffy🐺🏳️🌈 3/?💉| LV 34) 1639387747
There must be something like 300 people in the queue for the booster in Kidlington. https://t.co/3Js1XM49c7— Leonardo Carella (@Leonardo Carella) 1639387864
Massive queue for the walk in vaccine centre in Bristol! @SWNS #vaccination #COVID19 #BoosterJab #Booster https://t.co/W8Liym5BOO— Tom Wren (@Tom Wren) 1639477037
Queue for the walk in booster clinic at short strand community centre in east Belfast I queued for 30 minutes prio… https://t.co/NVNCwTxqnv— Clodagh Rice (@Clodagh Rice) 1639477232
Got my booster jab today after using the local walk in service. A long queue but it all took less than an hour. Wo… https://t.co/ktOtwIzFmr— Aisling Ennis (@Aisling Ennis) 1639423930
5 hour queue for a booster jab at St Thomas'. People are stoical about the possibility of more restrictions. https://t.co/q4Ht2EAZ8N— Callum Cuddeford (@Callum Cuddeford) 1639407678
Just became eligible for booster jab today so joined the queue at Ulster hospital walk in clinic, moving along quic… https://t.co/2jT213Ezxc— Cllr Anthony Flynn (@Cllr Anthony Flynn) 1639401081
Amazing to see so many people queuing up to get their booster jabs in Manchester this morning (must be a couple of… https://t.co/PcALXfSJPm— Molly Blackall (@Molly Blackall) 1639387487
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They say the British know how to queue, and we are really doing the stereotype proud for good reason.
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