Boris Johnson says booster jabs to be offered to all adults by end of the year …

Plans to offer the jab to all eligible adults by the end of January are moved forward a month as cases of the variant increase rapidly.

Everyone aged 18 and over in England will have the chance to get their booster vaccine before the end of the year to combat the threat of rising Omicron variant cases, Boris Johnson has announced.

The prime minister said he was launching the “Omicron Emergency Booster National Mission” to encourage everyone who is eligible to “get boosted now”.

The COVID booster programme was due to be opened to over 30s on Monday but Mr Johnson said every adult who had their second vaccine at least three months before will now be able to book a booster jab from Wednesday, while some walk-in centres will be open tomorrow for all adults.