NHS England to use dual-variant Covid vaccine in autumn booster programme

Although country reportedly does not have enough stocks of new jab, older vaccines still provide good protection

The NHS is to start rolling out a new dual-variant Covid-19 vaccine in the first full week of September as part of the autumn booster programme.

NHS England said care home residents and people who are housebound would be among the first to be vaccinated as the booster programme begins on 5 September. A wider rollout is due to start on 12 September.