TODAY The Sun launches a health campaign urging unvaccinated people to “Do The Double” and get Covid and flu jabs before the World Cup.
NHS bosses want to avoid a repeat of the coronavirus wave that followed last year’s Euros.
And yesterday two of England football’s biggest names – Gary Lineker and Sir Geoff Hurst – backed our Do The Double campaign. Millions of those eligible for jabs have not had them, with 13million in England due an Omicron Covid booster and 18million still due a flu vaccine.
Medics fear a virus “twindemic” could cripple hospitals this winter as they now face mass walkouts after the nurses’ strike vote.
Covid cases are falling, but experts predict a virus surge when fans start packing out pubs and living rooms to watch Gareth Southgate’s side take to the pitch in Qatar after the World Cup begins on November 20.