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

Vulnerable people in UK to be offered spring Covid booster vaccine

Vaccine being administered.
The spring booster programme will ensure those at highest risk keep their immunity topped up. Photograph: David Cheskin/PA

Vulnerable people in the UK are to be offered another Covid booster jab this spring, public health bodies have said, as the virus continues to circulate at high levels.

According to the latest data from Office for National Statistics, about one in 45 people in England, Scotland and Wales had Covid in the week ending 21 February, with the figure at one in 90 for Northern Ireland. In England, infection levels are rising, including in people aged 70 and over.

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