The unwanted arrival of Omicron appears to have spurred on the country's Covid vaccine rollout, with the number of booster doses ticking over one million today.
Other people are bringing their appointments forward and more than 100,000 5-to-11-year-olds have now had their first dose, or are booked to get it.
But that still leaves a quarter of a million people eligible for a booster who are yet to roll up their sleeve for it.
Katie Todd reports.