Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation

People are being urged to take up the offer of a free Covid jab while they still have the chance (Photo: Getty Images)

Final calls from NHS for people to have Covid booster jab

The Covid-19 booster programme will come to an end in Lancashire later this month.

Covid-19 booster programme comes to an end in February

Paramedics bring patients to Northampton General Hospital

Covid-19: North-west England sees ‘concerning’ Omicron rise

The JCVI recommended vaccinating vulnerable children in December (Photo: Getty Images)

How Covid vaccinations could be used to stop UK school disruption

The Moderna booster jab increases antibodies against Omicron 37-fold (Photo: Getty Images)

Moderna booster jab increases antibodies against Omicron 37-fold

Pregnant women should be given priority for the Covid vaccine (Photo: Getty Images)

Pregnant women given priority for Covid jabs due to ‘high risk’

All over 18s in England can now book a booster jab (Photo: Getty Images)

All over 18s can now book a Covid booster jab in England

The NHS booking service for booster jabs should be updated by 13 December (Photo: Getty Images)

Bookings for booster jabs to open for all ‘no later than December 13’

Face coverings are now compulsory again in shops and on public transport in England as part of new measures aiming to prevent the spread of the new Covid Omicron variant (Photo: ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Face masks now compulsory in shops and on public transport in England amid sprea...

Blackpool Victoria Hospital

13 more die at Covid as alert issued to pregnant women dodging jabs

Over-40s to be offered Covid booster jab as vaccination programme extended

The six month wait before the booster dose could be reduced to five (Photo: Getty Images)

Wait before booster jabs could be cut to 5 months to speed up rollout

A pop-up booster jabs site specifically for people who have had two doses of their Covid vaccine is opening in South Shore tomorrow (Friday September 24).

Covid booster jabs service opens in Blackpool

Booster jab invites will be sent out to more than a million people in England from next week (Photo: Shutterstock)

Covid booster jab invites to be sent out to more than a million people in Englan...

Moderna found its Covid vaccine can wane in protection over time (Photo: Shutterstock)

Moderna backs Covid boosters after warning jab protection fades

Health Secretary Sajid Javid

Health secretary says 12-15s will be offered Covid vaccine

Children aged 12 to 15 in England are to be offered their first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, Health Secretary Sajid Javid has said.

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The scientist behind the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine has said giving booster jabs to everyone is unnecessary, and instead calls for doses to be sent to countries in need (Photo: Shutterstock)

Covid booster jabs not needed for everyone, says Oxford vaccine creator

Health Secretary Sajid Javid has said children will get the final say on Covid vaccinations if a disagreement arises between them and their parents (Photo: Shutterstock)

Children will get final say on Covid vaccination if they disagree with parents, ...

Parents of children aged 12 to 15 will be asked to give their consent if the jabs are approved for this age group (Photo: Getty Images)

Children aged 12 to 15 will need parental consent to get Covid jab

Decision delay

Delay in vaccine decision for 12-15 year-olds 'frustrating' - expert says

Dr Jim Gardner, medical director at Blackpool Victoria Hospital, and Clifton Hospital in St Annes, said there were 46 Covid-positive patients being treated as of yesterday afternoon, up from 35 the week before

Blackpool Victoria Hospital boss gives update on Covid admissions, deaths, boost...

Ministers have put the mass booster programme on hold to prioritise those with serious illnesses (Photo: Getty Images)

Full list of people eligible for a third Covid vaccine dose

People urged to get second Covid jab amid fears millions missed out

The vaccine doses will be delivered in the second half of next year (Photo: Getty Images)

UK secures 35m more Pfizer vaccine doses to ‘future-proof’ country from

The booster programme is still awaiting recommendation from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) (Photo: Getty Images)

Sajid Javid ‘confident’ Covid boosters can start from September despite no offic...

The Moderna Covid-19 vaccine has been given approval for use in children aged 12 to 17 (Photo: Getty Images)

Moderna Covid vaccine given green light for 12 to 17 year-olds in UK

the MHRA said there is no link between vaccines and stillbirth or miscarriage. (Photo: Shutterstock)

MHRA finds no evidence that Covid vaccines raise miscarriage risk Sarah Wilson

Sajid Javid said the jabs will start to be offered in September (Photo: Getty Images)

Covid booster jabs will rollout to priority groups next month - who is eligible?

The first dose alone provides 88 per cent protection against hospital admissions (Photo: Getty Images)

Single AstraZeneca dose prevents 70% of Covid cases - and protects against varia...

The gap between vaccine doses will be reduced to eight weeks (Photo: Getty Images)

Thousands urged to bring second Covid vaccine appointment forward ahead of lockd...

More than half of parents with children are willing to have them vaccinated against Covid-19

Half of parents would get their children vaccinated against coronavirus – survey

Almost half of the adult population will be eligible for a Covid-19 vaccine booster jab

Do you need a third Covid-19 jab?

A Covid-19 vaccination booster programme could begin as soon as September

Covid-19 booster jabs could begin for 32m Britons in September

Tourists enjoying the seafront at Blackpool on June 12, 2021 (Picture: Neil Cross)

'Older children and young adults' behind Covid surge in Blackpool and not touris...

Under-30s can book their Covid jab from this week

Under-30s invited to book Covid jab from this week

The UK has approved the use of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine in children aged 12-15. (Photo by: Getty)

What you need to know as Pfizer vaccine approved for use in 12- to 15-year-olds

More than seven million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in the North West of England, as the UK’s vaccination programme continues at unprecedented pace and scale

North West reaches "incredible milestone" with 7 million Covid jabs administered...

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Covid vaccines must be incredibly safe before use on children - minister

People under the age of 40 are set to be offered an alternative to the AstraZeneca vaccine (Shutterstock)

Under-40s ‘to be offered AstraZeneca alternative’ over rare blood clot risk

Everyone in the first nine priority groups should have been offered a Covid jab by May (Photo: Getty Images)

Everyone aged 50 and over in England can now book a Covid vaccination - here’s h...

Over-50s should receive Covid vaccine ‘within the next few weeks’ - the rollout timeline explained (Photo: Shutterstock)

Over-50s should receive Covid vaccine ‘within the next few weeks’ - the rollout ...

These are the areas in Fylde with the lowest and highest vaccine uptake. (Photo by Ronald Saunders)

These are the Fylde areas with the lowest Covid vaccine uptake

Homeless people and rough sleepers will now be included in Group 6 (Photo: Getty Images)

Homeless people to be moved up priority list for Covid vaccine into Group 6

It will be "very demanding" for Lancashire to achieve its vaccine ambitions, the woman in charge of the programme has said

REVEALED: Lancashire's ambition to deliver BOTH Covid vaccine doses by the end o...

People with certain underlying health conditions are currently being vaccinated

What Lancashire residents should do if they have an underlying health condition ...

Phase 2 of the Covid vaccine rollout has been announced - here's who is next to ...

A further 1.7 million people were advised by the Government to shield earlier this month, with hundreds of thousand now invited to receive a Covid vaccination (Photo: Shutterstock)

600,000 more people who were shielding have been invited for a Covid vaccine

The vaccine rollout will proceed down the age bands of adults (Photo: Getty Images)

Frontline workers and BAME groups won’t be next in line for Covid vaccine - prio...

All adults on GP learning disability register to be prioritised for Covid vaccin...

This is when everyone in the UK should be vaccinated - according to government’s...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson holding a vial of the Oxford/Astra Zeneca Covid-19 vaccine on February 17, 2021 (Picture: Geoff Caddick/PA Wire)

All adults to be offered Covid-19 vaccine by July 31 under PM’s accelerated plan

Here's when teachers in England could get a Covid vaccine - and if other key wor...

Only people with severe asthma will be prioritised for the Covid-19 vaccine (Photo: Shutterstock)

Only severe asthma sufferers to be prioritised for Covid vaccine - how to tell i...

Covid vaccine rollout proving effective as deaths of vulnerable drop - and hospital admissions fall by 60% (Photo: Shutterstock)

Covid vaccine rollout proving effective as deaths of vulnerable drop - and hospi...

The next five priority groups should be invited for their first vaccine dose by the end of April (Photo: Getty Images)

This is who will get Covid vaccine next as rollout moves into new phase