Football fans urged to prioritise Covid jabs over matches at stadiums
Dr Nikki Kanani, director of primary care at NHS England, offered the advice amid surging cases of the Omicron Covid variant.

A national health chief has urged football fans to go to a stadium this weekend to get their booster ārather than going to watch a matchā.
Dr Nikki Kanani, director of primary care at NHS England offered the advice during a press conference in Downing Street on Wednesday night amid surging cases of the Omicron Covid variant.
Dr Kanani said: āThis is our chance to make choices for each other and for our NHS, so my advice would be if youāre going to go to a stadium at the weekend, make it one where you can get your vaccine or help out to give a vaccine, rather than going to watch a match.
āAnd to that point, if youāre a role model in society, please get your vaccine because actually itās dependent on all of us to show the way right now and to make decisions that help to protect society.ā
Downing Street earlier announced mass vaccination centres would open at Wembley Stadium and at Stamford Bridge home of Chelsea FC, within days.
During Wednesdayās press conference, the Prime Minister said ājabathonsā were already taking place at Elland Road the home of Premier League club Leeds United.
Boris Johnson said: āLetās slow down Omicronās spread and at the same time letās reduce the harm Omicron can do to us by building up our vaccine defences. Weāre jabbing in hospitals, weāre jabbing in surgeries, weāre jabbing in pharmacies and in pop-up centres.
āWeāre jabbing in shopping centres and on high streets, in football stadiums, with mass events planned at Stamford Bridge and Wembley this weekend, and daily ājabathonsā at Elland Road in Leeds.
āWe are throwing everything at it and, wherever you are, weāll be there with a jab for you. So please, get boosted now.ā