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Roughly 29 million people are eligible for an autumn booster but there are just 13 million doses of the new bivalent Moderna jab available

A new covid vaccine has been approved for use in the UK, making us the first country to have done so. But what does this mean and who is able to get the vaccine? Here's everything you need to know.

The Government has confirmed who will get another Covid injection and says new vaccine will be used

Health Secretary Steve Barclay has said the vaccine will be part of the autumn booster programme.

A “next generation” Covid-19 booster jab which is the first to target two strains of the virus has been approved for use in adults in the UK.The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has authorised Moderna’s bivalent vaccine, which targets both the original Covid strain and the Omicron variant.Known…

The new booster vaccine from Moderna is the Spikevax bivalent Original/Omicron. It will target the original virus strain from 2020 and Omicron.

UK first country to approve use of so-called bivalent vaccine as officials prepare for winter and expected rise in Covid cases

The groundbreaking Moderna jabs, which target both the Omicron variant and the original strain of the killer virus, will be rolled out in a bid to avoid a winter NHS nightmare

The U.K. has granted the world’s first approval for a COVID-19 vaccine targeting a variant in a bid to sharpen its response to an evolving coronavirus.

Moderna’s chief medical officer, Dr Paul Burton, previously said that the new jag can boost a person’s antibodies to such high levels that it may only be needed once per year.

The UK has become the first country to approve the new booster, which is said will help protect people from Covid over the winter