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UK extends Covid Vaccine Booster Program to all facilities


UK extends Covid Vaccine Booster Program to all facilities

Until now, only adults age 40 and older were eligible for a booster dose 6 months after the second

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A government scientific advisory body said on Monday that all UK adults will be able to receive a third Covid shock, due to concerns about the spread of the new variant of Omicron.

The move, approved by Health Secretary Sajid Javid, comes as the UK government has said it needs to react quickly to the new variant, which was first detected in South Africa.

“We recommend that the booster program now be extended to adults aged 18 to 39,” said Wei Shen Lim, of the Joint Committee on Immunization and Immunization (JCVI).

To date, only adults age 40 and older have been eligible for a booster shot six months after the second.

At the same time, the advisory body also recommends the second dose of vaccine for children between 12 and 15 years old.

Since last week, London authorities have issued travel bans for 10 South African countries, including South Africa, to try to control the spread of Omicron.

It has also reintroduced mandatory testing for travelers and mandating the wearing of masks in shops and public transport in the UK, as well as self-isolation for contacts.

JCVI has approved a government proposal to expand the rollout of Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech enhancement programs to attract more people in less time.

Britain is one of several countries that have announced cases of the new variant on their soil, including Germany, Italy and the Netherlands.

Six new cases of the strain were detected in Scotland on Monday, two of them in Glasgow’s largest city. Five others have been confirmed in the UK, Javid told parliament.

“We anticipate cases to increase in the coming days,” he added.

He told MPs: “In the race between the vaccine and the virus, the new variant may have given the virus extra legs.

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