Covid vaccine: Spring booster jab launch for over-75s and high risk
who say additional jabs will help boost protection for the most vulnerable.A wider booster programme - involving more people - is expected this autumn.
And as many of the oldest received their last jab in autumn 2021, their immunity may now be declining, experts say. She said: "With infections rising this is a really important opportunity for people who are eligible to come forward and get booked and get their spring booster."Young people aged 12 to 18 will be offered the Pfizer/BioNTech jabAcross the UK more than two-thirds of people aged over 12 have had two Covid vaccines plus a single booster jab.
But up until now only people with severely weakened immune systems had been eligible for a fourth dose - three doses plus a booster.
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