Covid: Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty asks adults to ‘please’ get a booster jab in new TV advert

England’s chief medical officer has encouraged everyone eligible to get their booster in the face of the “highly infectious” Omicron variant, as part of a new television advert to support the rollout.

Professor Chris Whitty asked viewers to “please, get boosted now” in the nationwide campaign which the Department of Health said aims to “further galvanise the booster programme”.

The advert launched across ITV at 6pm on Tuesday.

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