Adults aged 50 and over will be offered extra doses along with the seasonal flu shotBooster jabs are to be offered to 32 million people as early as next month to protect the most vulnerable before winter, it was reported last night. Up to 2,000 pharmacies will run the programme so that the NHS can focus on the 5.3 million patients caught in a backlog of treatments. SponsoredMinisters aim to deliver an average of almost 2.5 million third doses a week, starting from September, The Daily Telegraph reported. The highest number of doses in one day so far was 873,784 on March 20 this year. Adults aged 50 and over, as well as those who are immunosuppressed, will be offered the extra doses from as early as Monday September 6, which could allow for the programme to be completed by

Source: The Times August 01, 2021 23:37 UTC