The Joint Vaccination and Immunization Committee (JCVI) has provided interim advice to the government on prioritizing autumn booster doses of Covid-19
The government has been advised to prioritize COVID-19 booster doses this autumn (
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Covid booster vaccines administered this fall will be a priority for the most vulnerable, the government told JCVI.
Experts advised prioritizing COVID-19 booster doses this fall and, as expected, put vulnerable adults along with social care and health workers at the forefront of the queue.
The Joint Vaccination and Immunization Committee (JCVI) has provided interim advice to the government, which aims to maintain the protection of vulnerable Britons against severe COVID-19 during the colder months.
The current opinion of JCVI is that in the autumn of 2022 a vaccine against COVID-19 should be offered to:
- Accommodation in a nursing home and staff
- Health and social workers at the forefront
- All those over 65 years old
- Adults aged 16 to 64 who are in a clinical risk group
Vulnerable adults will be placed next to frontline social and health workers at the beginning of the booster injection queue (
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The Council should also be seen as interim for the purposes of operational planning for the autumn for the NHS, nursing homes and the wider health community.
The committee acknowledged significant uncertainty about potential future waves of COVID-19 in the UK next year, but said that despite these uncertainties, winter will remain the season when the threat of the virus is greatest.
As in the autumn of 2021, the main goal of the autumn booster program for 2022 will be to increase the immunity of the population and protect against serious disease COVID-19, in particular hospitalization and death, during the winter.
This comes after it became clear in March that the NHS was planning a number of deployment scenarios between September and December.
Eligible groups range from over the age of 65 and NHS staff to all over the age of 50.
The main goal of the autumn booster program for 2022 will be to increase the immunity of the population and protect against severe disease COVID-19 (
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People aged 75 and over, immunosuppressed over 12 years and older, were able to book and receive a spring booster.
This was provided they had received their last dose at least six months before.
For some immunosuppressed people, this would be their fifth vaccination against Covid-19.
Professor Wei Shen Lim, chairman of JCVI’s COVID-19 vaccination, said: “Last autumn’s booster vaccination program provided excellent protection against severe COVID-19, including the Omicron variant.
“We have provided interim advice for the Autumn Reinforcement Program for 2022 so that the NHS and nursing homes can begin the necessary operational planning to provide high levels of protection for the more vulnerable and frontline medical staff next winter. .
“As we continue to review scientific data, further updates to this board will follow.”
During the pandemic, evidence clearly showed that COVID-19 disproportionately affected older people, nursing homes and those with certain basic health conditions, especially those who are highly immunosuppressed.
JCVI will continue its ongoing review of the vaccination program and the epidemiological situation, especially in terms of timing and dose levels for less vulnerable older people and those in clinically at-risk groups before the fall of 2022, Professor Lim said.
The Committee will announce in due course its final plans for the autumn program, including further details on the definitions of clinical risk groups.
As of Thursday, May 19, 2022, 22,232,377 people in the United Kingdom tested positive for Covid-19.
A total of 177,890 people died within 28 days of registering for a positive Covid-19 test, while 194,550 people had a coronavirus registered in their death certificate.
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