All U.K. residents aged 40 to 49 will now be able to get a booster, while they were previously only available for people aged 50 and older.
warned of a"blizzard" of new virus infections during the winter months, the Associated Press reported.or Moderna were previously only available for people aged 50 and older, as well as vulnerable young people and those working in hospitals and care facilities.
"Our friends on the continent have been forced to respond with various degrees of new restrictions, from full lockdowns, to lockdowns for the unvaccinated, to restrictions on business opening hours and restrictions on social gatherings," Johnson said. The government has so far resisted reimposing mandatory laws such as requiring people to wear masks indoors or introducing vaccine passports.
"What's happening is if you can get your booster then your immunity goes right back up to 95 percent," he said."So far we've got 75 percent of everybody over 70 getting a booster, that's a huge number of people, but it's that further 25 percent that will make all the difference to winter, to Christmas, to our plans going forward, because it's that extra level of protection that we really need.
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