A life-saving booster jab will be available from next month for those who are most at risk from Covid. Following updated advice from the Joint Committee of Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), the NHS has outlined the next phase of the Covid vaccination programme.
An autumn booster jab will be offered to everyone over the age of 50, those who are at the highest risk from serious illness, such as pregnant women and people with long-term health conditions, as well as frontline health and social care workers. Extensive planning for the rollout is under way in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire and the National Booking Service is set to open on September 5 to over-75s and frontline health and social care workers, with jabs being administered from September 12 onwards.
As with previous vaccination phases, the oldest and most vulnerable will be called up first, with people able to book online or through the 119 phone service, as long as it has been three months since their last dose. Once the most vulnerable have booked an appointment, the remaining eligible groups will then begin to be called up.
