Devon is on target to be ‘pretty close’ to the booster target set by Prime Minister Boris Johnson for the end of December as a new vaxxing session is organised for this Sunday in Kingsbridge.

The NHS in Devon has revealed the number of people receiving their booster in the county this week is set to be double last week’s figure, according to Dr Paul Johnson, clinical chair of the NHS Devon Clinical Commissioning Group.

He told a monthly Team Devon meeting of local authority leaders that before this week, boosters had been given to around half of Devon’s eligible population of just over 800,000, at a rate of around 55,000 a week.

The numbers have gone up significantly after the urgent message to “get boosted now” was issued by the Prime Minister in a TV address on Sunday.

Dr Johnson said: “So far in three days, we’ve delivered 43,000 vaccines, so we are almost at what we would deliver in a week. We are on target to have doubled, so that means people are coming forward, which is really, really encouraging, so our public is hearing the message and going out and getting their booster. The extra resources that we are putting in looks like we’re on target to be pretty close to the end of December ambition that the Prime Minister has set us.”

Boris Johnson said last weekend: “Everyone eligible aged 18 and over in England will have the chance to get their booster before the New Year.”

Locally there’s another chance for people over 18 to get vaccinated at the following locations: Quay Leisure Centre - Saturday December 18 and Wednesday December 29 from 9am till 3.30pm. This clinic's will be offering First, Second, Third and boosters doses. The vaccine on the day is Pfizer. Vaccines will be available to 16 and overs - for 12 and overs you are welcome to attend and the clinical lead on the day will advise if they are able to receive a Vaccination . For second does, you must have had your first dose on or before October 23, 2021 For third doses you will have received a notification from the NHS and for the booster you must have had your second dose on or before September 18, 2021 Sunday 19 December - 10am till 2pm Well Pharmacy are offering a walk-in service offering all doses including boosters.