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Covid-19 booster injections will be offered to some this spring

Everything you need to know about spring 2023 Covid-19 booster jabs Sam Johnson

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

How Covid vaccinations could be used to stop UK school disruption Claire Schofield

Paxlovid has been approved by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) (Photo: Shutterstock)

New oral Covid antiviral treatment given approval for use in UK Claire Schofield

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

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

A member of the public receives a dose of the Pfizer BioNtech vaccine at a vaccination centre (Getty Images)

Two jabs offer little protection against Omicron - but boosters up to 75% effect... Group Reporter

Vaccines should work against Omicron variant, WHO says (Photo: OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

Covid vaccines should still protect against severe illness from Omicron - WHO sa... Hiyah Zaidi

Read This Booster vaccines should protect people against Omicron, new study suggests Group Reporter

British adults could get fourth Covid jab as deal agreed for 114m extra doses Group Reporter

Molunpiravir has been shown to cut the risk of hospital admission or death by 50% among at-risk adults (Photo: Shutterstock)

Two new Covid antiviral drugs secured to protect most at-risk this winter Claire Schofield

Children aged 12 to 15 in the UK are now eligible to receive a single dose of the Pfizer vaccine (Photo: Getty Images)

Giving kids second jab could prevent thousands of long Covid cases Claire Schofield

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

Moderna backs Covid boosters after warning jab protection fades Hiyah Zaidi

Researchers reveal ‘mild or moderate’ side effects at-risk 12 to 15 year olds ha... Carly Roberts

The risk of thrombocytopenia is almost nine times higher in someone infected with coronavirus compared to one vaccine dose (Photo: Getty Images)

Risk of blood clots 9 times higher from Covid infection than the vaccine Claire Schofield

Covid protection could fall below 50 per cent for the elderly and healthcare workers by winter (Photo: Getty Images)

Protection from Covid vaccines starts to wane within 6 months Claire Schofield

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 Claire Schofield

People who have been fully vaccinated can still transmit the Delta variant (Photo: Getty Images)

Read This Vaccinated people can still pass on Delta variant - but protection remains high Claire Schofield

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

Mixing vaccines can generate high levels of antibodies which can protect against Covid (Photo: Getty Images)

Mixing Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines creates stronger immune response against ... Claire Schofield

A woman receives a vaccine at the Chelsea F.C. pop up vaccine hub (Photo: Hollie Adams/Getty Images)

Period changes after Covid vaccine could be 'coincidence' despite 4,000 reports Rhona Shennan

Mixing vaccines can results in an increase of symptoms including chills and a fever (Getty Images)

Mixing Covid-19 vaccines may lead to increased symptoms, study suggests Finlay Greig

School pupils could receive a vaccine in September (Getty Images)

Secondary school pupils will receive vaccinations this September Finlay Greig

Studies have already shown that both vaccines are highly effective at stopping people getting sick and ending up in hospital (Photo: Victoria Jones - Pool / Getty Images)

New Public Health England study suggests single dose of Covid vaccine ‘cuts tra... Alex Nelson

Almost 7.5 million people are now are fully vaccinated in the UK (Photo: Getty Images)

Over 40s invited for Covid jab - as phase two of vaccine programme begins Claire Schofield

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is also scheduled to receive his first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine (Photo: Chris Jackson/Getty Images)

MHRA says seek medical attention if headache lasts 4 days after AstraZeneca Covi... Rhona Shennan

A new study has found that cancer patients are significantly less protected after just one dose of the Pfizer vaccine compared to healthy individuals (Photo: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

Cancer patients are not as protected as others against Covid after first vaccine... Rhona Shennan

Neutralising antibodies were generated against all three Covid variants (Photo: Getty Images)

Pfizer vaccine is effective against Brazil Covid variant - plus UK and South Afr... Claire Schofield

Analysis from Public Health England has revealed that both the Pfizer/BioNTech and the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines are highly effective in reducing Covid-19 infections amongst patients aged 70 and up (Photo: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

Covid vaccines lower the risk of over-80s getting seriously ill by 80% - the lat... Rhona Shennan

The React-2 study showed that almost 90 per cent of people over the age of 80 tested positive for antibodies after two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine (Photo: Shutterstock)

Covid antibodies found in almost 90% of over-80s after two doses of Pfizer vacci... Helen Johnson

The latest findings from Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccine trials found the jab to be safe and effective, according to the FDA (Photo: Shutterstock)

Johnson & Johnson single dose Covid vaccine found to be safe and effective - whe... Helen Johnson

Pfizer said the jab 'demonstrated 100 per cent efficacy and robust antibody responses' (Photo: Nick Potts/PA Wire)

Read This Trials show Pfizer's Covid vaccine is ‘100 per cent effective’ among children ag... Alex Nelson

The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine appears to be highly effective at reducing the spread of the virus, according to a new study (Photo: OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

Pfizer vaccine is ‘highly effective’ at reducing spread of Covid-19 - according ... Rhona Shennan

The Pfizer and AstraZeneca Covid vaccines have both been found to have an impact in the reduction of a person’s risk of hospital admission from coronavirus, according to new research (Photo: Getty Images)

Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines found to reduce Scotland hospital admissions by ... Helen Johnson

The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccne is 85 per cent effective in preventing people from developing Covid-19 symptoms (Photo: Getty Images)

Pfizer vaccine is far more effective after one dose than first thought - new fin... Claire Schofield

The head of the UK vaccine taskforce has said that all adults in the UK could receive both Covid-19 vaccine doses by August (Photo: TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images)

All UK adults could be fully vaccinated against Covid by August - according to h... Rhona Shennan

Symptomatic cases of Covid-19 are dropping by 94 per cent after two doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, according to a new study (Photo: JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Read This Symptomatic Covid cases drop by 94% after Pfizer vaccine - the latest study expl... Rhona Shennan

The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine could be reducing the viral load - what does that mean? (Photo: TIZIANA FABI/AFP via Getty Images)

Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine could reduce Covid-19 viral load - what it means Rhona Shennan

Mutant viruses were neutralised by the Pfizer vaccine (Photo: Getty Images)

Pfizer Covid vaccine is effective against South African variant - how does the O... Claire Schofield

The vaccine was still effective after 21 days without a second dose (Photo: Getty Images)

Single dose of Pfizer Covid vaccine ‘highly protective’ after three weeks - how ... Claire Schofield

The new study will be conducted on over 800 participants (Photo: Jane Barlow - Pool/Getty Images)

A trial to confirm if Covid vaccine types can be mixed is underway - what we kno... Rhona Shennan

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

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

Pfizer and BioNTech have both confirmed that their vaccine is effective against both the UK and South African variants of Covid (Photo: Shutterstock)

Pfizer Covid vaccine is effective against UK and South African variants - new st... Helen Johnson

AstraZeneca is 'two months behind production; (Photo: YE AUNG THU/AFP via Getty Images)

AstraZeneca is ‘2 months behind’ on vaccine production - what it means for the U... Rhona Shennan

The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine supply could be impacted by these new restrictions (Photo: ANDY BUCHANAN/AFP via Getty Images)

EU to implement tighter controls on Covid vaccine exports - will the UK Pfizer s... Rhona Shennan

The Oxford jab was found to have an efficacy of 62 per cent (Photo: Getty Images)

Oxford Covid jab falls short of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines for herd immunity - ... Claire Schofield

People who refused to have the vaccine will continue to be at risk (Photo: Getty Images)

Scientists warn those who refuse Covid jab won’t be protected by herd immunity -... Claire Schofield

Icreasing the rollout to 600,000 jabs per day could allow restrictions to lift sooner (Photo: Getty Images)

Daily Covid vaccination rate must double to lift lockdown by May - is it feasibl... Claire Schofield

The hub is temporarily closed today for horse racing (Photo: Getty Images)

Covid vaccinations at racecourse hub are stopping for a day to allow horse racin... Claire Schofield

The Pfizer vaccine increases antibodies by up to 20 times after the second dose (Photo: Getty Images)

Pfizer Covid vaccine could increase antibodies up to 20 times - and may stop tra... Claire Schofield

Asda to offer first in-store supermarket Covid vaccinations - here’s how it will... Helen Johnson

Read the UK's new Covid Vaccines Delivery Plan in full - with tens of millions t... Helen Johnson