Coronavirus booster vaccines will help the prevention of overwhelming the NHS during the winter, as claimed by a vaccine expert this week.
Booster jabs should cut the number of patients admitted to hospital throughout the colder months, as reported by The Mirror. Oxford Vaccine Group director Professor Sir Andrew Pollard has made these claims at the beginning of this week.
This news comes after the Government confirmed the autumn booster programme will start next week.
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The programme will aim to "increase immunity in those at higher risk of severe Covid-19 during winter”.
Sir Andrew said the majority of the population was well vaccinated, but the country needs people to take up the option of future doses in order to "reduce the risk, not of severe Covid admissions, but admissions to hospital where Covid is a co-factor with other conditions, such as being very frail or having another health condition”.
The call for jabs to be taken up on comes in as an Ipsos poll reveals that Covid fears have diminished in the last few months.
To find out if you are eligible for the autumn vaccine programme, visit the NHS website here for more details.
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