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19.07.2021 - 20:47 / nme.com
“freedom day” today (July 19), which was reiterated during a remote press conference held by Prime Minister Boris Johnson.Johnson noted in the briefing that 35 per cent of 18-30 year olds are still “completely unvaccinated”.
Pending the success of the vaccination rollout in England, all those aged 18 and over will have been offered both jabs by September.He added that the vaccines provide “immense benefits” to everyone’s health and safety, but that they also give access to social “pleasures”
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Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak have been contacted by NHS Test and Trace, rather than ‘pinged’ by the Covid-19 app, after the Health Secretary confirmed on Saturday that he contracted covid-19 despite being double-jabbed.
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England players on social media to Johnson’s failure to condemn those who booed the team at the start of the tournament, the Prime Minister’s spokesman was put on the defensive. Starmer joined Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner and many other commentators in saying that if Boris Johnson had not been silent a few weeks ago, the racists might have felt more inhibited about spreading abuse.
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