Health Secretary Sajid Javid delivered an update on Covid-19 with a statement in the House of Commons.

Covid passes for large events will soon require three doses of a vaccine instead of two as the UK battles the spread of the highly transmissible omicron variant, the Health Secretary has said.

Sajid Javid told the Commons that adults wanting to attend a public event will need to be tripple vaccinated or present evidence of a negative lateral flow test.

The change will take effect "once all adults have had a reasonable chance to get their booster job", Mr Javid said, as he insisted the UK still had "far fewer restrictions in place than in Europe" despite the introduction of Plan B restrictions.

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