The key thing was that the decision had been made and that measures were being taken to reduce spread of the virus, he added. “It is now down to us.”
He also advised members of the public to use antigen tests in the run up to Christmas, but said they should not act as a replacement for other public health measures. The vaccine programme was continuing with records being broken every day, he said. “We still maintain an open vaccine programme in delivering a first vaccine or booster if it’s now your turn.”
It was appropriate to focus on vaccines this week and this month, she said.The highest priority is not to waste any vaccines, she said, adding that if doses are left over at the end of the day “we will call anyone in off the road with a spare arm so we don’t waste a dose”.
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