Yahoo News The region of England where 30% of over 80s have not had a booster
Almost a third of over 80s in London has not yet had a booster, despite the government committing to offering every adult in the UK a third dose by the end of January.
The capital is lagging behind when it comes to boosters administered to the elderly, with just 69% of them having had their third dose.
This is compared to more than 83% in every other area of England, with the South West having the highest at 87%.
London is also lagging behind when considering all over 50s, with just 64% of them having had their booster.
Every other area of England has had over 71%.
Watch: Sajid Javid confirms community transmission of Omicron variant in the UK
Read more: Omicron: Post-Christmas lockdown 'can't be ruled out', says No 10
The government is rushing to administer the booster to every adult amid fears of the Omicron variant spreading across the UK.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has promised to “throw everything” at the booster vaccination campaign.
The government has ramped out vaccine administration in recent days, putting out calls fore more volunteers and drafting in some army specialists to help.
In response to fears of Omicron Johnson announced the implementation of 'Plan B' in England starting next week.
The new rules will see the return of the work from home advice, COVID passports for large gatherings more mask rules.
Health Secretary Sajid Javid defended the swift shift to 'Plan B' saying it was an attempt to “buy time” to avoid the threat of a million Omicron infections by the end of the year.
Javid acknowledged the decisions will have a “real impact on our liberties” but insisted that taking action now is the only way to avoid having to impose tougher measures later.
He faced a barrage of Tory criticism when he announced the measures in the Commons at the same time as Boris Johnson addressed the nation on Wednesday.
Conservative anger has been fuelled by suspicions the new measures were introduced as an attempt to distract from the Prime Minister’s troubles over an alleged staff party in Downing Street during last December’s lockdown.
Javid insisted the measures are necessary to “build our collective defences” through the vaccination programme in the face of the rapidly-spreading Omicron.
With a doubling rate of two-and-a-half to three days, Javid told Sky News: “It would mean, at that rate, by the end of this month we could hit about one million infections in the community throughout the UK.
"We’ve always been clear that should the data change and should it move in the wrong direction and it looked like the NHS might come under unsustainable pressure – remember what that would mean, we wouldn’t be able to get the emergency care not just for Covid but for a car accident, or anything like that – we would act and implement Plan B."
In a sign of the anger on the Tory benches, MP Marcus Fysh described plans to bring in Covid health certificates as “really draconian” and an “utter disgrace”.
He told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that vaccine passports are “a massive imposition on our liberties”.
He added: “It’s a disgrace that they’re pursuing that, utter disgrace.”
He accused Government scientific advisers and England’s chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty of having a “history of over-egging the data and picking data points out that suit their narrative”.
