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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Samuel Lovett

‘No second-rate vaccines’ health chief insists as half will miss out on dual-strain booster

PA Wire

People eligible for an autumn Covid booster have been reassured they will “not get second-rate vaccines” as it emerged that more than half will miss out on the new dual-strain jab.

On Monday, the UK became the first country in the world to approve Moderna’s bivalent vaccine, which targets both the original strain of the virus and the Omicron variant, but the country does not have enough doses to offer it to all.

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