Nearly 53,000 adults a day in Greater Manchester need to get a booster jab to meet Boris Johnson’s target and stem the tide of Omicron.
Described as an ‘unprecedented’ challenge by the region’s health chiefs, it will take a Herculean effort from a workforce already exhausted after the onslaught of the last two years.
Adding to the challenge are the 600,000 adults across Greater Manchester - around 25pc of the adult population - who have not had their first two doses of the vaccine. Including over-12s, that’s closer to 40pc.
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