Covid booster jab to be offered to those at most risk and over-50s in UK
by Ian Sample Science editor from World news | The Guardian on (#5PGZ6)
JCVI recommends Pfizer/BioNTech shot be used regardless of vaccine received first time around
Covid boosters will be offered to all over-50s and those at greatest risk of the disease as part of the toolbox" of measures for controlling coronavirus over the autumn and winter following guidance from the government's vaccine advisers.
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) said a third dose of vaccine would top up the immunity in those whose protection had likely waned since they completed their first round of shots earlier in the year.
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