A new case of Ebola virus has been confirmed in the city of Beni in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the country s National Institute for Biomedical Research (INRB) said on Monday.
both the original strain and the first omicron variant known as ba.1. the rest of the booster programme will be made up of the original pfizer biontech vaccine and a small amount of novavax vaccine. but health experts say people should take whatever booster they re offered, as alljabs provide protection. the whole basis of the programme is to target those vulnerable people for a booster, to keep their immunity topped up for protection against severe disease. so the message really is get vaccinated when you are offered the booster, and don t worry too much about the type of vaccine that you re getting. as with previous vaccine roll outs, the oldest and most vulnerable will be the first to be offered a jab, and it s planned that by the time we reach the depths of winter, the booster programme will be well under way. dominic hughes, bbc news. the advertising watchdog has received dozens of complaints about a paint advert which has been
for what could be another challenging winter. the aim is to minimise the impact of a winter spike in infections on a health service that is struggling to cope as it is. we know that the risk of covid and, indeed, flu increases during the winter months when we get the colder weather. it s important that people boost their immunity. so it s a real message to viewers to ensure that they get their booster, when they re contacted, they respond to that. from next month, the autumn booster programme will start to be rolled out. it will be aimed at all over 50s, health staff and other vulnerable groups that s around 26 million people across the uk and it will include the new spikevax jab made by moderna. around 13 million doses of the new vaccine roughly half of what s needed will be made available. it s offered as a single jab and targets two forms of covid both the original strain and the first 0micron variant, known as ba.1. the remaining half of the booster programme will be
the remaining half of the booster programme will be made up of the original pfizer biontech vaccine and a small amount of novavax vaccine. but health experts say people should take whatever booster they re offered, as alljabs provide protection. the whole basis of the programme is to target those vulnerable people for a booster, to keep their immunity topped up for protection against severe disease. so the message really is get vaccinated when you are offered the booster, and don t worry too much about the type of vaccine that you re getting. as with previous vaccine roll outs, the oldest and most vulnerable will be the first to be offered a jab, and it s planned that by the time we reach the depths of winter, the booster programme will be well under way. dominic hughes, bbc news. both conservative party leadership candidates, have stated their opposition to a referendum on scottish independence. liz truss and rishi sunak will be in perth today, addressing conservative voters. our scot
that is struggling to cope as it is. we know that the risk of covid and, indeed, flu increases during the winter months when we get the colder weather. it s important that people boost their immunity. so it s a real message to viewers to ensure that they get their booster when they re contacted, they respond to that. from next month, the autumn booster programme will start to be rolled out. it will be aimed at all over 50s, health staff and other vulnerable groups that s around 26 million people across the uk and it will include the new spikevax jab made by moderna. around 13 million doses of the new vaccine roughly half of what s needed will be made available. it s offered as a single jab and targets two forms of covid both the original strain and the first omicron variant, known as ba.1. the remaining half of the booster programme will be made up of the original pfizer biontech vaccine and a small amount of novavax vaccine.