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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Nicola Davis Science correspondent

Concern over low take-up of booster jabs by immunocompromised adults

A booster coronavirus vaccine being administered: Blood Cancer UK said that confusion around third doses had had a knock-on effect.
A booster coronavirus vaccine being administered: Blood Cancer UK said that confusion and delays around third doses had had a knock-on effect. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA

Less than half of the severely immunosuppressed adults in England have had their Covid booster, and levels of uptake differ dramatically across ethnicities, data shows.

Everyone over the age of 12 in the UK can have two doses of a Covid jab, and those aged 16 and over and some children aged 12 to 15 can have a third jab, known as a booster. A second booster programme began this month in England, Scotland and Wales for people aged 75 and over, older people living in care homes, and anyone aged 12 and over who has a weakened immune system. Northern Ireland’s campaign is to get under way shortly.

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