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• JCVI recommends autumn COVID-19 vaccine booster for those at highest risk

  NHS. "That is why we have advised planning for further booster vaccines for persons at higher risk of serious illness through an autumn booster programme later this year.”. ... He also added that the committee will be providing final advice on a spring

• NHS to move ahead with Pfizer/BioNTech bivalent COVID-19 vaccine roll-out

  The autumn booster programme launches today. The NHS will go ahead with the roll-out of Pfizer/BioNTech’s 30mg bivalent booster this week, following a recent decision made by then ... The autumn booster programme will launch today, 7 September, making

• JCVI publishes advice on COVID-19 vaccines ahead of autumn booster campaign

  The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has published its advice on which COVID-19 vaccines should be used in this year’s autumn booster programme. ... In its latest advice, the JCVI stated that offering a single type of booster

• COVID-19 booster to be made available to those over 75 and high risk adults and children

  To maintain high levels of protection for the most vulnerable individuals in the population, an extra spring dose of vaccine is advised ahead of an expected autumn booster programme later this ... Later on into 2022, an autumn booster programme is