Coronavirus

THE NHS has announced that more than five million COVID-19 vaccinations have been administered in the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, and Oxfordshire area

Eligible people in Berkshire can now book their life-saving autumn Covid vaccine online.

FOUR MILLION people will receive a covid boost jab from this year as the NHS launches the next phase of its vaccination programme

THE SPRING booster covid jab campaign has been hailed a success as more than half of eligible people in the south east have had it.

The government will no longer be providing free universal symptomatic and asymptomatic testing to the public in England from Friday, April 1.

Data at the most granular level has revealed that the highest infection rates per population were in Wokingham North and Hurst.

A spokesperson said: ?While the hospital is under considerable pressure, our staff are coping and are continuing to care for everyone who needs it."

Boris Johnson said: "Anyone who things our battle with covid is over, I'm afraid, is profoundly wrong."

Yesterday, 293 people tested positive for the virus, bringing the weekly infection rate to 947.4.

He thinks a major wave of Omicron in January cannot be prevented, but added: ?It can be slowed down by the re-introduction of public health measures.?