Tag: booster jab
about 1 year ago
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Who can get another Covid booster jab this autumn, explained

The Covid-19 and flu vaccination programme is starting earlier than planned after a new variant of coronavirus was de...

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about 1 year ago
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Covid boosters sold privately 'must not distract from public campaign for at risk groups'

Anyone missing out in 2023 may be able to buy a Covid booster privately next year after health officials gave the gre...

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about 1 year ago
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Who is eligible for Covid booster? New JCVI eligibility rules - explained

Some 12 million people aged 50 to 64 are no longer eligible for the free vaccines with the Joint Committee on Vaccina...

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about 2 years ago
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GPs call for 'urgent review' of autumn Covid booster campaign as funding cut back

Family doctors are still in the dark as to how the Covid-19 booster programme, with a new Moderna jab targeting the O...

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over 2 years ago
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New Covid wave will put a 'considerable number of children in hospital', scientists warn

The country is in a worse position now compared to this time last year according to scientists who fear that the sudd...

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over 2 years ago
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Why Moderna's new Covid booster jab is the best bet to fight surging BA.4 and BA.5 variants

A new study finds that Moderna's new jab gives good protection against BA.4 and BA.5

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over 2 years ago
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Autumn Covid booster rollout recommended for NHS staff, vulnerable adults and over-65s

JCVI also advises care home residents and staff should get jab, with all recommended groups shown to be at greater ri...

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almost 3 years ago
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Low vaccine take-up linked to higher risk of Covid deaths among some ethnic groups

Risk of death for black African and Caribbean people is greater - but once the figures are adjusted for vaccination s...

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almost 3 years ago
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Older people with Omicron staying out of hospital as hopes grow UK has seen worst of variant

Sage advisers have hailed the high uptake of boosters among over-60s, and greater use of community treatment, as key ...

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almost 3 years ago
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Covid-19 booster vaccines now open to teenagers and most at risk 12 to 15-year-olds

Around 40,000 16 and 17-year-olds - and 500 clinically vulnerabel 12 to 15-year-olds - will be eligible for their top...

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almost 3 years ago
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Ebay allowing conspiracy theorists to sell stickers spreading misinformation about Covid jab

Frustrated councils and public transport firms have struggled to keep up with the removal of the stickers as they are...

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almost 3 years ago
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Thousands queue for Christmas Day booster jabs at vaccination centres staffed by NHS volunteers

Health Secretary Sajid Javid urged people to 'make the booster a part of your Christmas this year', as figures showed...

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almost 3 years ago
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Boris Johnson will not hit December Covid booster target due to Omicron wave, officials admit

With millions of Covid case expected before the end of the month, adults infected will have to wait until at least th...

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almost 3 years ago
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Covid booster jab immune response time found to be MUCH quicker than thought

BOOSTER JABS trigger an immune response in just days, not weeks, according to scientists - in a huge breakthrough for...

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almost 3 years ago
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Charities claim Covid booster roll-out has left most vulnerable at 'the back of the queue"

Charities call on the Government to not leave those most a risk from Covid behind as the NHS races provide booster ja...

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almost 3 years ago
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Downing Street press conference is eerily familiar but now Tory MPs are holding Johnson back

The Prime Minister is reluctant to pick a fight with backbenchers who hate Covid restrictions

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almost 3 years ago
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Overnight Covid vaccine clinics being organised in England in drive to vaccinate all over-18s

North London surgery Morris House Group Practice shared it is running an overnight vaccine clinic on Friday from 6pm ...

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almost 3 years ago
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Plan C threat to family Christmas grows as ministers 'spooked' by rapid spread of Omicron

Senior Whitehall sources claim Boris Johnson could be forced into considering more draconian Covid restrictions withi...

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almost 3 years ago
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‘Don’t know how long booster will last!’ Experts clueless on effectiveness of extra jab

EXPERTS are currently unclear on the lasting effects of the booster dose of the coronavirus vaccine, virologist Prof ...

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almost 3 years ago
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Huge queues at walk-ins for second day of Covid booster drive - but some people are turned away

One man shared his partner arrived at Swindon's walk-in at 8am but was turned away after just half an hour as there w...

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almost 3 years ago
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NHS appeals for vaccine volunteers and asks centres to open for longer amid rush for boosters

NHS bosses have written to vaccination centres instructing them to stay open at least 12 hours a day, as the health s...

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almost 3 years ago
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How will the NHS meet the Covid booster jab target for all over-18s by the end of December?

Ministers in all parts of the UK have said they want to ensure all double-jabbed adults can get their booster vaccine...

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almost 3 years ago
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How UK's Omicron outbreak could develop in the next few months depending on what data tells us

It remains unclear exactly how far Omicron can dodge the protection of viruses and how transmissible it will prove to...

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almost 3 years ago
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Sajid Javid supports NHS leaders in casting doubt on Prime Minister's booster target

Health Secretary waters down Prime Minister's pledge of "boosters for all" by the end of December, instead saying "we...

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almost 3 years ago
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Omicron cases climb to 200,000 a day and could hit 1m by end of the week, modelling suggests

Health Secretary Sajid Javid warned that the UK is currently locked in "a race between the virus and the vaccine" and...

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almost 3 years ago
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Pregnant women ignored in Covid booster announcement, says leading gynaecology consultant

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists are encouraging all pregnant women to schedule their booster jabs a...

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almost 3 years ago
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Huge queues for boosters at walk-in centres across UK as some wait in line for five hours

The Government last night pledged to offer a booster vaccine to all over-18s by the end of December which sparked a r...

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almost 3 years ago
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NHS warns that planned appointments must be postponed due to Covid booster push

Chris Hopson, the chief executive of NHS Providers, said the health service is already 'busier than its ever been bef...

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almost 3 years ago
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Over-30s scramble to get boosters to 'keep everyone safe' at Christmas as booking opens

With bookings opening just two weeks before Christmas, those aged 30 to 39 are rushing to get boosters in time for th...

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almost 3 years ago
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Late-night booster sessions could help ramp up Covid jab roll-out in fight against Omicron

Along with the recruitment of 10,000 vaccination centre volunteers the Government hopes the NHS will be able to hit t...

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almost 3 years ago
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Over-40s face backlog for Covid boosters as GPs struggle to cope with demand

NHS in England launches a drive to recruit tens of thousands of volunteers and vaccination workers to reach Governmen...

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almost 3 years ago
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Covid boosters offered until 2am at site in Plymouth in trial which other NHS sites could follo

Plymouth Argyle's Home Park football stadium will be jabbing up to 2am on Wednesday morning and will repeat the late ...

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almost 3 years ago
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Nicola Sturgeon apologises for Covid booster jab confusion as problems continue for second day

The First Minister said she was “very sorry” that some people who had tried to follow her advice by moving their jabs...

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almost 3 years ago
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Scottish health boards spark confusion by turning away people trying to get Covid booster jabs

Two health boards said it was still their policy that patients should wait at least 24 weeks after their second dose ...

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almost 3 years ago
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Over-40s in Scotland told to move Covid booster jab appointments forward if they can

Nicola Sturgeon and Humza Yousaf urge people who are already eligible to have their third jab as quickly as they can

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almost 3 years ago
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Updated rules in the face of the Omicron Covid variant are sensible and proportionate

We have boosters, antivirals and world-class genomic sequencing - we are not going back to square one

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almost 3 years ago
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Covid-19 boosters 'will push down cases over winter' as most over-50s have now had third jab

Rising infections across Europe are partly responsible for pushing up enthusiasm for the boosters programme, official...

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almost 3 years ago
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Booster jabs 'will hold off a repeat of last winter's deadly wave'

Boris Johnson is not yet considering 'Plan B' despite rising cases in Europe, as Government and scientists count on t...

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almost 3 years ago
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Scottish Covid vaccine app won't show booster jabs until two weeks after England

The UK Government announced on Friday that the English app was being updated to allow users who have received a boost...

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