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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Ian Sample Science editor

Over-50s in England to be offered Covid booster and flu jab in autumn

Close-up of someone preparing a dose of Covid vaccine
Care home staff, frontline health workers and those at increased clinical risk are also among those eligible for another jab. Photograph: Dinendra Haria/Sopa Images/Rex/Shutterstock

Everyone over 50 in England is to be offered another Covid booster and a flu shot from September.

Another round of Covid boosters will also be available for staff and residents of care homes for older people, frontline health and social care workers, adult carers, household contacts of people with weakened immune systems, and those at clinical risk, including pregnant women.

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