News today that groups 1 to 4 will probably get a booster in September. Also looks promising to start on children between 12 and 17 from August if they get the go ahead.
Copied from Daily Telegraph
Nadhim Zahawi, the vaccines minister, revealed details of the plan, which will see some people have three doses within the first 10 months of the jabs being in use.
The first booster doses will go to people in the top four priority groups for the original rollout – those aged over 70 as well as frontline NHS and social care workers.
Mr Zahawi also revealed that ministers were expecting up to eight vaccines to be available by the autumn with a number made in the UK, including one that could protect from three different Covid variants in a single jab.
Asked when the booster jabs would begin, he said: "The most likely date will be September. Jonathan Van-Tam [the deputy chief medical officer] thinks that if we are going to see a requirement for a booster jab to protect the most vulnerable, [it] would be around September.”
Mr Zahawi said a number of manufacturers including Moderna were holding trials, being closely watched by ministers, to see whether that was safe.
He added: "If the regulator then does approve the Moderna vaccine, then we will absolutely look at offering it to the 12 to 17-year-olds."