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| A UK-wide programme of booster jabs to help prevent Covid will be confirmed on Tuesday, the BBC understands. | A UK-wide programme of booster jabs to help prevent Covid will be confirmed on Tuesday, the BBC understands. |
| Ministers are expected to announce jabs for the over-50s as part of their Covid Winter Plan, after advice from the independent vaccine panel, the JCVI. | |
| BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg said the booster would be a single dose of the Pfizer vaccine at least six months after a second dose. | |
| The NHS began preparing for the booster programme in July. | |
| But the government has been waiting for recommendations from the JVCI on who should receive the extra doses before announcing more details. | |
| Meanwhile, UK chief medical officers have recommended offering one dose of vaccine to healthy 12 to 15-year-olds, saying it would help reduce disruption to education. | |
| PM set to unveil Covid Winter Plan for England | |
| Pfizer and AZ approved as Covid booster vaccines | |
| Single Covid jab recommended for 12 to 15-year-olds | |
| Boris Johnson's Covid Winter Plan for England is expected to focus on contingency measures that would be brought in if the NHS was at risk of becoming overwhelmed. | |
| Earlier, the PM confirmed the booster programme would be "going ahead" and had "already been approved", but without further detail. | |
| Mr Johnson was also pushed on whether future lockdowns were being considered, but he told reporters: "I will be setting out a lot more tomorrow, I'll be giving a full update on the plans in the autumn and winter." | |
| The Times reported the government's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) had devised a series of options to limit the spread of Covid without the use of lockdowns, including bringing back mandatory face coverings and working from home if there was a winter surge in infections. |