Minister of Health Jeremy Hunt Call on Britain to follow suit Israel And expand the population receiving the third coronavirus vaccine injection beyond the clinically vulnerable population.
According to the recommendations of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunization (JCVI), starting this month, another dose of vaccine will be provided to more than 1 million people with severely weakened immune systems and most vulnerable to Covid-19.
The announcement is separate from any decision on the booster plan, but it is understood that there will be relevant news soon.
Mr. Hunter said that the situation in Israel should guide the UK’s next steps. The country’s boosting campaign for people over 60 years old that started in July has now been expanded to include everyone over 12 years old.
The Southwest Surrey lawmaker told The Times: “I understand why there is a moral debate about providing jabs to teenagers, but Israel definitely shows that we shouldn’t hang around in providing enhanced jabs to adults.”
It echoes his previous post Twitter He writes, “The obvious lesson in the UK seems to be that intensified injections apply not only to those who are clinically vulnerable, but to everyone.”
Current Minister of Health Sajid Javid However, in a comment published by the “Daily Mail”, the announcement of the third dose of vaccine for people with weakened immune system “is not the beginning of the strengthening plan-we will continue to plan to start this plan in September to ensure that people will not The vaccine is protected over time and maintained before winter”.
Earlier, Professor Andrew Hayward, a member of the Emerging Respiratory Virus Threat Advisory Group, said that when many people in the UK have already suffered a double blow, any booster dose must be carefully considered.
JCVI stated that it is still considering the potential benefits of additional doses to other populations and is awaiting further evidence to inform its decision.
At the same time, a new study shows that adults who received two doses of the vaccine are almost halved of the risk of contracting the coronavirus.
Researchers at King’s College London also stated that with full vaccination, the likelihood of being admitted to the hospital with the virus is reduced by 73%, and the chance of severe symptoms is reduced by nearly a third (31%).
