COVID deaths in the UK have risen by another 149 today with a further 35,000 new cases – but only a small percentage of people are set to get a booster jab next month.
Despite thousands still becoming infected every day, only those who are most vulnerable are due to get another shot of the jab in September – which is just a few hundred thousand people.
Just today, another 35,847 cases of Covid were recorded in the UK.
This brings the total number of people infected since the beginning of the pandemic to 6,590,747.
It comes after Covid deaths in the UK reached their highest in five months as 174 new fatalities were recorded yesterday – the highest reported daily death toll since March 12.
Meanwhile, Dr Hillary urged caution as schoolkids go back to the classrooms from next week.
The summer break was lauded as a chance to get infections down as the country got fully vaccinated.
But cases are still high, with deaths also high at an average of 100-a-day, as children – largely unvaccinated – are set to return to school.
He said parents must be “vigilant”, especially after the Cornish Boardmasters festival saw a huge outbreak in the younger age groups.
Dr Hillary said on Good Morning Britain: “Young people make up the biggest proportion of cases we’re seeing, and in that case, we have to be worried about what happens.
“50,000 people attended, PCR testing and surveillance looked at 4,700 cases that might be linked. That’s nearly 10 per cent, so that’s got to be a concern.
“If you have big event and that many people testing positive thereafter, it does beg the question, what will happen when schools go back?”
