30/11/2021
Agence France-Presse London
All adults in Britain will now be eligible for a third COVID-19 jab, the Government said on Monday, as concern mounted about the spread of the Omicron variant. The move, backed by a scientific advisory body and Health Secretary Sajid Javid, comes as Ministers scramble to react swiftly to the new variant.
Until now, only adults aged 40 and above were eligible for a booster dose six months after their last. But that time-frame will now be halved to three months, alongside the programme’s expansion to all over-18s, with priority given to older people.
“These measures will protect more people, more quickly and make us better protected as a nation,” Mr. Javid told MPs. He noted it was “a huge step up” for the vaccination scheme, which was launched last December, almost doubling the number of people eligible for a booster.
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