‘This is to protect our families’ - Newcastle has its say on Omicron and Covid booster jabs

The people of Newcastle discuss the booster jab and the Omicron variant.
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson this week announced plans for ramping up of the booster jab roll-out programme in order to battle the new variant of Covid.

The Omicron variant is being painted as a real threat to public health - and we want to know what the people of Newcastle feel about it. So we asked them.

Here’s what Newcastle thinks about the booster jab and the threat of Omicron.

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