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Covid booster jabs to be offered to over 40s
15.11.2021 - 14:19 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Covid-19 booster jabs will be offered to healthy 40 to 49-year-olds, health officials have announced.
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) said all adults over the age of 40 should be offered a booster, six months after their second dose.
People should be offered the Pfizer or Moderna jab as a booster, irrespective of which vaccine they had initially.
So far, booster jabs have only been available for people aged 50 and over, health and social care workers or people aged 16
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