Covid-19 boosters have been advised for at-risk groups for this autumn. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has advised the Government that plans should be made to further vaccinate the groups in question.
The JCVI also advised that a smaller group of people, such as those who are older and those who are immunosuppressed, should be given an extra booster vaccine dose in the spring. Advice regarding the spring 2023 COVID-19 programme will be provided shortly, according to the Government.
In the latest JCVI statement, it has not ruled out the need for extra jabs should new variants be uncovered. It said: "Emergency surge vaccine responses may be required should a novel variant of concern emerge with clinically significant biological differences compared to the Omicron variant."
