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Nicola Roy & Laura Parnaby

Who can get Covid booster as new Omicron jab that targets Omicron to be used

Yesterday the UK became the first nation in the world to approve a brand new Covid-19 vaccine, which has been described as 'next-generation' by medical experts.

Moderna's new vaccine is the first Covid jab to target both the original strain of the virus as well as the Omicron variant, which ravaged the UK last winter.

The booster dose, known as 'Spikevax bivalent Original/Omicron', was approved by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) on Monday and will be rolled out to the public as part of the autumn booster programme.

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