Over 1.5m booster jabs dished out in five days thanks to our campaign

SOME 1.5million booster jabs have been dished out in five days, thanks to The Sun’s campaign.

Half of all over-50s in England have now had a top-up dose against Covid.

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The once-troubled rollout is firmly back on track — with readers fully behind our Give Britain A Booster crusade.

Since we launched our push last Wednesday, 1,539,937 third jabs have been given.

Vaccines minister Maggie Throup said: “The booster programme is running at full steam ahead thanks to The Sun and its readers.”

The fears were that it was moving too slowly — but the NHS says it is now even faster than the original vaccine rollout.

Mrs Throup rejected the idea of vaccine fatigue and explained: “Unlike last winter, society is open now and there are greater pressures on time.

“Sometimes, the elderly are reliant on families, and those families are working again. So there’s a range of issues.”

Data from Israel suggests boosters can increase protection to more than 95 per cent.

TV’s Dame Esther Rantzen said: “That third jab is a privilege and we should take it as soon as it is offered.”

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