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The covid-19 booster campaign in England will start earlier than planned to counter a new subvariant of covid-19. In this open letter to the secretary of state for health and social care, Long Covid SOS argue that the vaccination rollout will still leave a large proportion of the population unprotected against covid-19 and vulnerable to long term health impacts
It has just been announced that the covid-19 booster campaign in England will start earlier than initially planned to counter a new subvariant of the virus. However, the rollout will still only be restricted to some at risk groups. The UK government, seemingly without much debate, has fully taken on board the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation’s (JCVI) recommendation that this autumn covid-19 vaccines should be restricted to the over 65s and to those with a limited range of comorbidities and in specific professions.
As a result, those who don’t fall into these three groups will have no choice but to be inadequ
Nando s-style Covid alert levels have been binned, just as cases have once again started to rise. This is the latest step back to pre-pandemic life following the announcement of the NHS Covid app s closure.
Health chiefs confirmed the app, downloaded 31million times in England and Wales, would close down on April 27. Brits took to Twitter to share memes about the official end of the pandemic.