Booster jabs to be offered to all over 18s to combat the new Omicron variant
At a Downing Street press briefing this afternoon, Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England, Professor Jonathan Van-Tam announced that all over-18s in the UK will be offered a booster vaccine, as part of the government's efforts to tackle the spread of the Omicron variant.
In addition, the gap between second doses and boosters is being reduced from six to three months.
Severely immunocompromised people will be offered a fourth dose and children aged 12 to 15 will be invited for a second dose.
Eleven cases of the Omicron variant have now been detected in the UK. Two new cases have been recorded in London and six in Scotland
The Scottish and Welsh first ministers have urged Boris Johnson to tighten travel restrictions further, by making everyone in the UK isolate for eight days. Downing Street has rejected the call.
Following this announcement on extending COVID-19 booster jabs to all adults 3 months after 2nd jabs, the NHS is working to put in place these new rules. For the time being, please do not come for your booster unless you are over 40 and at least 6 months since your 2nd jab.
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