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Covid booster jabs - who will be first in line for 'third' vaccine and when

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vaccine this year to help protect against the spread of coronavirus. The booster jab could be offered as early as next month over fears the protection from earliest vaccines may begin to decline, according to reports.

Over-50s and anyone entitled to a free flu jab would be next in line as the NHS to prepare for mass booster programme if needed this autumn, The Mirror reports.

The booster plan will only go ahead if the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), which advises the government, confirm the move.The elderly and the most vulnerable received their vaccines earlier this year, meaning they could be in need of a booster if immunity does begin to wane.There is a proposed two-stage booster programme which the UK could.

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