The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, or JCVI, has advised that only some vaccines should be used in the booster jab programme, as Britain attempts to offer one to all adults by the end of January to tackle Omicron
It was announced this week that all adults in the UK are now eligible to book their Covid-19 booster jab, as fears surrounding the new Omicron variant set in.
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