Millions of people will be invited for their autumn Covid booster jab in England and Scotland next week, with care home residents the first to receiv
Millions of people will be invited for their autumn Covid booster jab in England and Scotland next week, with care home residents the first to receive them, reported BBC. Although infections are falling, health bosses are predicting a resurgence of Covid and flu this autumn and winter. They are urging those eligible to protect themselves from serious illness by getting vaccines against both. A recently approved vaccine against the Omicron variant will be used first. However, there is not enough of Moderna’s “bivalent” vaccine to protect everyone aged over 50 so health officials say people should take whichever booster they are offered. These will be the vaccines used in the spring. The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) announced on Saturday that it had approved a second “bivalent” coronavirus vaccine from Pfizer/BioNTech for people aged 12 and over, reported BBC.
The groups who qualify for an autumn booster are:
- Adults aged 50 and over
- People 5 to 49 with health conditions that put them at higher risk, pregnant women
- Care-home staff
- Frontline health and social care workers
- Carers aged 16 to 49
- Household contacts of people with weakened immune systems
The most vulnerable will be prioritised. Wales aready offers Covid boosters to care home residents and staff. In Northern Ireland, the rollout starts on September 19 for the same groups. The same will occur in Scotland from Monday, followed by health and social care workers, as reported by BBC.
Watch against contagion
In the last 24 hours 106 new cases of contagion and 2 deaths caused by Covid 19 were reported by State and Health Authorities. Contagion is being watched in Guanajuato and cases of contagion reported are over 100 in the last 24 hours, while there were 2 deaths reported. Authorities maintain the color of activities in the GREEN easing restrictions on activities, both leisure and work.
State Health Authorities insist that Guanajuato should maintain health protection.
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