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Why withdraw the autumn Covid-19 booster? - YP Letters
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Millions are eligible for the spring Covid-19 booster from today

Everything you need to know about Covid booster jabs

People are being urged to take up the offer of a free Covid jab while they still have the chance (Photo: Getty Images)

Final calls from NHS for people to have Covid booster jab

A dose of a Covid-19 vaccine is prepared ahead of being given to a member of the public. (Pic credit: Niklas Halle'n / AFP via Getty Images)

Covid booster vaccine: Who is eligible for the autumn Covid-19 booster jab?

Holly Fox (right) takes part in screening before she receives a Moderna Omicron COVID-19 booster vaccine in a clinical study at St George's, University of London, in Tooting, south west London

People aged 75 and over, in care homes or immunosuppressed to get spring jab

Health Secretary Sajid Javid has made the announcement

Almost six million UK children aged five to 11 to be offered Covid vaccine

The JCVI recommended vaccinating vulnerable children in December (Photo: Getty Images)

How Covid vaccinations could be used to stop UK school disruption

The prospect of Covid vaccinations for primary school children has moved closer.

Covid vaccines approved for vulnerable UK primary school children

The Moderna booster jab increases antibodies against Omicron 37-fold (Photo: Getty Images)

Moderna booster jab increases antibodies against Omicron 37-fold

Pregnant women should be given priority for the Covid vaccine (Photo: Getty Images)

Pregnant women given priority for Covid jabs due to ‘high risk’

All over 18s in England can now book a booster jab (Photo: Getty Images)

All over 18s can now book a Covid booster jab in England

The NHS booking service for booster jabs should be updated by 13 December (Photo: Getty Images)

Bookings for booster jabs to open for all ‘no later than December 13’

Face coverings are now compulsory again in shops and on public transport in England as part of new measures aiming to prevent the spread of the new Covid Omicron variant (Photo: ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Face masks now compulsory in shops and on public transport in England amid sprea...

(left to right) Professor Wei Shen Lim, Professor Jonathan Van Tam and Dr June Raine during a media briefing in Downing Street

All adults to be offered coronavirus booster vaccine

Over-40s to be offered Covid booster jab as vaccination programme extended

The six month wait before the booster dose could be reduced to five (Photo: Getty Images)

Wait before booster jabs could be cut to 5 months to speed up rollout

Booster jab invites will be sent out to more than a million people in England from next week (Photo: Shutterstock)

Covid booster jab invites to be sent out to more than a million people in Englan...

Moderna found its Covid vaccine can wane in protection over time (Photo: Shutterstock)

Moderna backs Covid boosters after warning jab protection fades

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The Yorkshire Post cartoon: Chris Whitty approves vaccine for 12 to 15-year-olds

The Yorkshire Post cartoon

The Yorkshire Post cartoon: Chris Whitty approves vaccine for 12 to 15-year-olds

Chris Whitty is chief medical officer for England.

Chief medical officers recommend Covid jab for children aged 12 to 15
Children aged 12 to 15 should be offered a first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, the UK’s four chief medical officers (CMOs) have said.
Jane Kirby and Ella Pickover

Should Covid jabs now be extended to 12 to 15-year-olds as the new school year begins? Columnist Jayne Dowle poses the question.

Follow the science and vaccine 12 to 15-year-olds – Jayne Dowle

The scientist behind the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine has said giving booster jabs to everyone is unnecessary, and instead calls for doses to be sent to countries in need (Photo: Shutterstock)

Covid booster jabs not needed for everyone, says Oxford vaccine creator

Health Secretary Sajid Javid has said children will get the final say on Covid vaccinations if a disagreement arises between them and their parents (Photo: Shutterstock)

Children will get final say on Covid vaccination if they disagree with parents, ...

Parents of children aged 12 to 15 will be asked to give their consent if the jabs are approved for this age group (Photo: Getty Images)

Children aged 12 to 15 will need parental consent to get Covid jab

Ministers have put the mass booster programme on hold to prioritise those with serious illnesses (Photo: Getty Images)

Full list of people eligible for a third Covid vaccine dose

File photo dated 23/01/21 of a phial of Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine (PA)

Third coronavirus jab to be offered to people with weakened immune systems

People urged to get second Covid jab amid fears millions missed out

The JCVI is expected to make an announcement in days on whether the UK will press ahead with an autumn booster campaign for 30 million people over the age of 50 and the clinically vulnerable.

Booster vaccine roll-out date uncertain as GPs and care providers prepare

The vaccine doses will be delivered in the second half of next year (Photo: Getty Images)

UK secures 35m more Pfizer vaccine doses to ‘future-proof’ country from

The booster programme is still awaiting recommendation from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) (Photo: Getty Images)

Sajid Javid ‘confident’ Covid boosters can start from September despite no offic...

The Moderna Covid-19 vaccine has been given approval for use in children aged 12 to 17 (Photo: Getty Images)

Moderna Covid vaccine given green light for 12 to 17 year-olds in UK Claire Schofield

the MHRA said there is no link between vaccines and stillbirth or miscarriage. (Photo: Shutterstock)

MHRA finds no evidence that Covid vaccines raise miscarriage risk

Sajid Javid said the jabs will start to be offered in September (Photo: Getty Images)

Covid booster jabs will rollout to priority groups next month - who is eligible?

Health Secretary Sajid Javid talking to staff during a visit to the Bournemouth Vaccination Centre, in Bournemouth, Dorset. (PA/Steve Parsons)

Sixteen and seventeen-year-olds to be offered first coronavirus vaccine

The first dose alone provides 88 per cent protection against hospital admissions (Photo: Getty Images)

Single AstraZeneca dose prevents 70% of Covid cases - and protects against varia...

Vaccines Minister Nadhim Zahawi speaking in the House of Commons on Monday July 19 (PA)

Vulnerable children to be offered Covid vaccines, ministers announce

Handout photo issued by NHS England of Andrea Brighenti receiving a vaccination at a Covid-19 vaccination centre inside the Primark Bristol store.

Vaccines for under-18s must be led by science and not politicians – The Yorkshir...

The gap between vaccine doses will be reduced to eight weeks (Photo: Getty Images)

Thousands urged to bring second Covid vaccine appointment forward ahead of lockd...

People under the age of 40 are set to be offered an alternative to the AstraZeneca vaccine (Shutterstock)

Under-40s ‘to be offered AstraZeneca alternative’ over rare blood clot risk

England's deputy chief medical officer Professor Jonathan Van-Tam described the change as a "course correction". Pic: PA

Under-30s to be offered alternatives to AstraZeneca vaccine due to clot fears

Everyone in the first nine priority groups should have been offered a Covid jab by May (Photo: Getty Images)

Everyone aged 50 and over in England can now book a Covid vaccination - here’s h...

Over-50s should receive Covid vaccine ‘within the next few weeks’ - the rollout timeline explained (Photo: Shutterstock)

Over-50s should receive Covid vaccine ‘within the next few weeks’ - the rollout ...

Homeless people and rough sleepers will now be included in Group 6 (Photo: Getty Images)

Homeless people to be moved up priority list for Covid vaccine into Group 6

A further 1.7 million people were advised by the Government to shield earlier this month, with hundreds of thousand now invited to receive a Covid vaccination (Photo: Shutterstock)

600,000 more people who were shielding have been invited for a Covid vaccine

The vaccine rollout will proceed down the age bands of adults (Photo: Getty Images)

Frontline workers and BAME groups won’t be next in line for Covid vaccine - prio...

Those who are identified by their GP as having a severe learning disability will now be prioritised for the Covid vaccine (Picture: Getty Images)

Who is included on Learning Disability register, prioritised for Covid vaccine?

All adults on GP learning disability register to be prioritised for Covid vaccin...

All adults should expect to be offered the Covid vaccine by July (Picture: Getty Images)

This is the new date for all adults should have been offered the Covid vaccine

It was thought that teachers would be next in line when the second phase of vaccinations begins (Shutterstock)

This is when teachers could get the vaccine

Only people with severe asthma will be prioritised for the Covid-19 vaccine (Photo: Shutterstock)

Only severe asthma sufferers to be prioritised for Covid vaccine - how to tell i...

The next five priority groups should be invited for their first vaccine dose by the end of April (Photo: Getty Images)

This is who will get Covid vaccine next as rollout moves into new phase

People aged 70 and over who haven't had the Covid vaccine are being urged to contact the NHS (Photo: Getty Images)

People over 70 urged to contact NHS for Covid jab appointment - how to book

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Covid-19 vaccine deployment Nadhim Zahawi. Photo: PA

'Wrong' to change priority list for coronavirus vaccine, minister says

Early signs from data show promising results (Photo: Getty Images)

UK strategy to delay second Covid jab was ‘right decision’ - what early signs su...

Sir Simon spoke of the prospect of a “much more normal future” (Photo: Getty Images)

Covid-19 could become ‘much more treatable’ in next 6 to 18 months - according t...

The NHS will administer the COVID-19 vaccine at home for housebound patients who are clinically extremely vulnerable by 15 February. (Picture Dan Charity - Pool/Getty Images)

Guidance for those who can get the Covid vaccine at home

Pharmacists and healthcare workers have been rolling out the vaccine to eligible patients (Picture: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Swiftqueue site allowed vaccine ‘queue-jumping’ after link shared on WhatsApp

Home Secretary Priti Patel walks across Westminster Bridge whilst on patrol with Metropolitan Police officers in central London, to hear about about Covid enforcement. Photo: PA

Calls mounting for police officers to receive Covid vaccine

Thousands of families with vulnerable children face uncertainty over the Covid-19 vaccine (Photo: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Thousands of families with vulnerable children face uncertainty over Covid-19 va...

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