Millions more people to be invited for Covid-19 booster jab
manchestereveningnews.co.ukMillions more people will be invited to have their Covid-19 booster jab this week. The NHS is calling all over 50s forward to take up their autumn vaccines.
Online and phone bookings for boosters will open for 12 million people aged 50 to 64 on Friday (October 14). Since the booster programme started a month ago, seven million people have come forward for their vaccine.
Some 26 million people are eligible for the Covid-19 booster and people have been urged to get the jab amid a warning of a potential “twindemic” of flu and Covid-19.
NHS England chief executive Amanda Pritchard said: “Thanks to the incredible work of our frontline staff across the country, our Covid autumn vaccination programme continues to go from strength to strength as we open up eligibility to around 12 million more people from tomorrow. Read more:Experts warn of 'twindemic' threat as infection levels rise “The rollout is off to a flying start – we have invited twice as many people as we did last autumn and we have jabbed twice as many people as we did last autumn.
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