healthy British resident People under the age of 50 will no longer be able to get COVID-19 boosters next month, according to reports.
The Daily Mail reported that authorities are urging people under the age of 50 to take the final blow before the program is canceled.
This is the first curtailment of the program that began with lockdowns and mandatory masks.
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The Joint Commission on Immunization and Immunization (JCVI) said the transition is moving away from pandemic emergency response and towards pandemic recovery.
The UK is expected to continue to provide first dose vaccines to everyone over the age of 16, but boosters are another story.
When it goes into effect, only people over the age of 50 will be able to get the booster, but younger and immunosuppressed people are eligible.
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Autumn COVID boost The program launched in September 2022 and provided boosters to people over 50, residents and employees of nursing homes, and frontline workers. The injection was also offered to people aged 5 to 49 who were at clinical risk, lived with immunosuppressed individuals, or were considered caregivers.
The UK will end its autumn COVID booster program on February 12th.
According to government data, 64.5% of people over 50 in the UK are vaccinated and 82.4% of people over 75 are vaccinated.
“Vaccination programs continue to reduce severe illness across the population while helping protect the NHS,” said Professor Wei Shen Lim, JCVI’s Chair of COVID Immunization. “That’s why I advised you to plan an additional booster vaccine for those at higher risk of serious illness through a fall booster program later this year.”
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The announcement of the end of the program Food and Drug Administrationor the FDA this week proposed that the COVID-19 vaccine be treated in the same way as the annual flu shot.
The program aims to simplify future vaccination efforts, and under this strategy most adults and children will receive an annual vaccination to protect against the mutating virus. FDA officials said.