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Sheena Cruickshank, Professor in Biomedical Sciences, University of Manchester

COVID: why the UK’s autumn vaccine strategy could fail patients

NHS boosters will be offered to over-65s, old-age care home residents and people who are immunocompromised. David Pereiras/ Shutterstock

This summer has seen a large COVID wave – one which is showing potential to be bigger than the 2023 winter wave was.

The current wave has largely been driven by the so-called FLiRT variants, which have acquired greater immune evasion and ability to enter our cells. The rise in COVID cases across the UK has also been accompanied by a spike in hospitalisations.

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