The rollout will begin in early autumn, a year after the first Covid boosters were given
The autumn Covid booster campaign will start on 5 September in England and Scotland, with care home residents and staff among the first to get jabs.
Many people will get a new vaccine from Moderna, which tackles both the original Covid virus and the recent Omicron variant.
Another Covid vaccine dose will be offered to:
A wider rollout will follow on 12 September, which will prioritise the oldest and most vulnerable.
Scotland’s autumn booster campaign will also begin on 5 September, with jabs offered to care home residents first, followed by health and social care workers.
The UK is the first country to approve the dual vaccine.
However, health officials say people should take whichever booster they are offered, as all vaccines provide protection against becoming severely ill or dying from Covid.
As happened last year, many people will be offered a free flu jab along with their Covid booster
Previous boosters were a single dose of either Pfizer or Moderna – regardless of which vaccine you received previously.
Anyone who could not have Pfizer or Moderna for medical reasons was offered a booster dose of AstraZeneca.
First and second vaccine doses are either AstraZeneca or (for under-40s) Pfizer or Moderna.
You can also go to a walk-in clinic, although not all centres offer jabs to under-12s, and some have closed since the initial vaccination push.
You can’t yet book an autumn booster jab
You should leave eight weeks between your first and second doses and wait at least 12 weeks before having a booster.
Carers of five to 11-year-olds in Scotland and Wales should wait to be offered an appointment.
More than 79% of all over-75s had a spring booster.
Many pregnant women complained they weren’t given enough information about the Covid jab
Under-18s who are not at higher risk from Covid should wait 12 weeks.
You should not have a jab if you have a severe illness or high fever. However, both Pfizer and Moderna say you do not need to delay for a mild fever or a cold.
The vaccines do not infect you with Covid and cannot cause positive results on a Covid test.
They are part of the body’s normal immune response to vaccines and tend to resolve within a day or two.
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