The NHS dished out its 100millionth Covid vaccine in England today on the anniversary of the day the rollout first began.
NHS England said the inoculation program has prevented nearly 130,000 deaths and more than 24million infections since it started on December 8 last year.
Some 118.6million jabs have been dished out across the UK in total, with more than 20.9million boosters given out to the most vulnerable in society so far.
Maggie Keenan — the 91-year-old grandmother who received the first approved jab in the world — today encouraged anyone who has not yet had a dose to come forward.
She recently had her third booster dose as well as a flu jab and said she 'felt great' after the vaccines, adding 'everybody should have the jab'.
Ministers have put the booster programme 'on steroids', with every adult set to be offered a dose by the end of January as long as they received their second dose at least two month ago.
It was opened up to over-40s today, with No10 targeting Christmas shoppers with 'booster buses' to help speed up uptake in the fight against the super mutant Omicron variant.
But the rollout has been plagued with problems since it started, with Brits in their forties struggling to book their jab today.
Experts say booster jabs should help shield the NHS from the super mutant strain over the coming months, which is thought to make two doses of the vaccine significantly weaker at preventing transmission.
Maggie Keenan — the 91-year-old grandmother who received the first approved jab in the world (pictured getting the dose on December 8 last year at University Hospital, Coventry) — today encouraged anyone who has not yet had a dose to come forward