More than 600,000 people will be invited for a Covid-19 booster jab next week as infection levels climb close to record highs in England.
Around one in 16 people in private households in England – or 3.5 million people – are likely to have had Covid in the week to March 19, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). This is up from one in 20, or 2.7 million people, in the previous week and is the third week in a row that infections are estimated to have risen.
Since rolling out spring boosters last week, more than 470,000 people have come forward for a jab, NHS England said. The NHS is asking people to wait to be invited before trying to book, with the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation recommending that eligible people get their vaccine six months after their initial booster for maximum effectiveness.
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