Quiz of The Week: 16 - 22 October

Booster jabs and rising Covid infections have dominated the headlines this week, with Sajid Javid warning that vaccination rates must improve to help fend off a difficult winter.

The health secretary was in a serious mood on Wednesday when he said that new Covid cases could soon reach “100,000 a day” and that there could be “​​a lot more flu around” in the coming months.

Warning that restrictions could be reintroduced if the situation “became more challenging”, he added that “we must get the jab when the time comes, for Covid or flu”.

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Latest data from the NHS shows that 3.7 million people in England have been given their third jab. But there are 8.5 million eligible to receive the booster, the BBC said, meaning 4.8 million people are yet to take up the offer.

To find out how closely you’ve been paying attention to the latest developments in the pandemic, and other global events, put your knowledge to the test with our Quiz of The Week:

Need a reminder of some of the other headlines over the past seven days?

• Home Secretary Priti Patel demanded urgent action from police amid increasing reports of drink spiking across the country.
• Boris and Carrie Johnson were criticised after reports that they spent Christmas Day with a close friend in violation of lockdown rules at the time.
• It emerged that BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg is stepping down from the highly influential role after six years.
• Joe Biden stated that the US would defend Taiwan against any Chinese aggression.
• Germany and Poland stepped up patrols after a wave of migrants were unleashed on the EU’s eastern border.
• And Congress voted in favour of prosecuting ex-Trump aide Steve Bannon over his refusal to give evidence to the Capitol riot inquiry.