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

Healthy young people in UK may never be offered another Covid jab, says expert

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In March the health secretary, Sajid Javid, suggested the second booster programme could be expanded in the autumn. Photograph: Amer Ghazzal/Rex/Shutterstock

Healthy younger people in the UK may never be offered another Covid jab, a leading expert has said, as a new wave of infections is expected to hit the country in the coming weeks.

Giving his personal expert opinion, Adam Finn, a professor of paediatrics at the University of Bristol and a member of the UK’s Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, suggested there was little point in offering a fourth jab to those yet to pass middle age, at least in the current landscape.

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