'There could be a new threat': Expert urges public to get Covid-19 booster and flu vaccine 

The swift development of a vaccine for Covid-19 was part of the reason for the “fizzling” out of the virus, Professor McConkey said.

Infectious diseases expert Professor Sam McConkey has urged people to continue to get their Covid-19 booster vaccine and also to get the flu vaccine this winter despite comments from the World Health Organisation that “the end is in sight”.

On Wednesday, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said: “We have never been in a better position to end the pandemic. We are not there yet, but the end is in sight.”