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| Vulnerable adults set for autumn Covid booster jab | Vulnerable adults set for autumn Covid booster jab |
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| Margaret Keenan, the first person in the UK to receive a Covid vaccine, was given a booster this spring | Margaret Keenan, the first person in the UK to receive a Covid vaccine, was given a booster this spring |
| At-risk groups should be given a booster Covid vaccine dose this autumn, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has advised. | At-risk groups should be given a booster Covid vaccine dose this autumn, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has advised. |
| The body suggested government offer the jabs to over-65s, health and care staff and clinically vulnerable adults aged 16-64. | The body suggested government offer the jabs to over-65s, health and care staff and clinically vulnerable adults aged 16-64. |
| The JCVI said this would top up levels of protection for the winter. | The JCVI said this would top up levels of protection for the winter. |
| The provisional guidance is designed to give the NHS and care homes time to plan. | The provisional guidance is designed to give the NHS and care homes time to plan. |
| At the moment, a narrower group is being offered a spring booster: | At the moment, a narrower group is being offered a spring booster: |
| The over-75s | The over-75s |
| Residents in care homes for older adults | Residents in care homes for older adults |
| People aged 12 and over who are immunosuppressed | People aged 12 and over who are immunosuppressed |
| Those are the people considered to be the most vulnerable to severe disease and death should they catch Covid. | Those are the people considered to be the most vulnerable to severe disease and death should they catch Covid. |
| Who can book an extra Covid booster? | Who can book an extra Covid booster? |
| NHS recovery will take years - health secretary | |
| Most receiving a booster now will be offered a further vaccine in the autumn, roughly six months later. | Most receiving a booster now will be offered a further vaccine in the autumn, roughly six months later. |
| The wider group - of less vulnerable older adults, frontline health and social care workers and those who have health conditions but are not severely immune compromised - will be receiving their booster roughly a year on from their last jab. | The wider group - of less vulnerable older adults, frontline health and social care workers and those who have health conditions but are not severely immune compromised - will be receiving their booster roughly a year on from their last jab. |
| Prof Jonathan Ball, a virologist at the University of Nottingham, said it seemed like a "sensible approach". | Prof Jonathan Ball, a virologist at the University of Nottingham, said it seemed like a "sensible approach". |
| "We know that immunity to Covid-19 following vaccination or indeed infection contracts over time", he said, and this would give people most at risk from severe disease a "boost just before virus circulation is likely to pick up during autumn and winter months". | "We know that immunity to Covid-19 following vaccination or indeed infection contracts over time", he said, and this would give people most at risk from severe disease a "boost just before virus circulation is likely to pick up during autumn and winter months". |
| But, he added, timing was important to make sure people received their extra jabs before virus circulation started to rise. | But, he added, timing was important to make sure people received their extra jabs before virus circulation started to rise. |
| The JCVI offers recommendations to the whole of the UK, but leaders in the four nations each decide whether to act on it. | |
| The Scottish and Welsh governments have confirmed their plans to act in line with the vaccine committee's advice. | |
| After being offered three doses, the JCVI is not currently recommending that younger people and those who aren't at high risk receive a booster at this point. | After being offered three doses, the JCVI is not currently recommending that younger people and those who aren't at high risk receive a booster at this point. |
| But the body said it would continue to review the situation. | But the body said it would continue to review the situation. |
| Chair of the Covid vaccination committee Prof Wei Shen Lim, said: "Last year's autumn booster vaccination programme provided excellent protection against severe Covid-19, including against the Omicron variant. | Chair of the Covid vaccination committee Prof Wei Shen Lim, said: "Last year's autumn booster vaccination programme provided excellent protection against severe Covid-19, including against the Omicron variant. |
| "As we continue to review the scientific data, further updates to this advice will follow." | "As we continue to review the scientific data, further updates to this advice will follow." |
| Though they make up a small fraction of the population, unvaccinated people account for a disproportionately large number of intensive-care admissions. | |
| Governments in England and Northern Ireland have not yet confirmed to the BBC whether they plan to take up the recommendations. |