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Evening Standard
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Daniel Keane

Covid: Spring and autumn booster jabs planned for people most at risk

People at higher risk of developing severe Covid should be given a booster jab this autumn (File picture)

(Picture: PA Wire)

People at higher risk of developing severe Covid should be given a booster jab this autumn, health officials have recommended.

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) said that “emergency surge vaccine responses” could also be required to target any “variant of concern” that arises with “clinically significant” differences to Omicron.

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