British Prime Minister Boris Johnson affirmed, on Friday, that the UK is in an incomparably better position than this time last year when it comes to coronavirus.
In his New Year's message, Johnson asserted that the country has met its target of offering all adults the chance to get a COVID-19 booster jab by the end of the year.
"Whatever the challenges that fate continues to throw in our way and whatever the anxieties we may have about the weeks and months ahead, particularly about Omicron and the growing numbers in hospitals, we can say one thing with certainty, our position this 31 December is incomparably better than last year," the Prime Minister said.
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Moreover, Johnson hailed the UK's economic performance, noting that the "overriding reason" why the UK has been able to "maintain the most open economy and society of any major European economy" is due to its vaccine rollout.
"The British people have responded heroically, voluntarily, and in almost incredible numbers to the call to get vaccinated," he declared. "And as I speak tonight on New Year's Eve, we've met our target, we've doubled the speed of the booster roll out."
However, he urged people to be careful with how they celebrate the dawn of 2022 due to the continuing spread of the Omicron variant.
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