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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Andrew Gregory Health editor

England to deny Covid and flu jabs to under-65s despite fears for NHS this winter

Ambulances queuing outside a hospital in London in November 2022.
Last winter was one of the most challenging on record for the NHS in England. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images

Millions of people under the age of 65 in England will be denied flu and Covid jabs this winter despite one of the government’s top public health officials warning that coronavirus has not “gone away”.

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), which advises the UK government, said on Tuesday its plan for Covid was to offer jabs only to those at “high risk of serious disease” who are “most likely to benefit” from vaccination.

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