Covid: Sixteen and 17-year-olds eligible for booster doses from Monday
About 40,000 teenagers will be eligible for their top-up dose when the national booking service opens at the start of the week in the latest phase of thePreviously, boosters were only recommended for clinically vulnerable 16 and 17-year-olds who are most at risk from Covid-19.But recent data from the UK Health Security Agency showed that two doses of the vaccine are not enough to stop people becoming unwell from Omicron, but a booster significantly increases protection against the variant.
“We know that the best protection against coronavirus is to get vaccinated and I’d urge everyone, whatever your age, to come forward and get that vital top-up as soon as it is possible.”More than 600,000 in the age group in England have had their second jab, and will be able to get boosted in the coming weeks as they reach three months after the second dose.
“We’re now extending the programme to 16 and 17-year-olds so they can top-up their immunity this winter to keep themselves and their friends safe.
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