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HEALTH – BOOSTER JABS FOR OLDER AGE GROUPS - 06 September 2021

HEALTH – BOOSTER JABS FOR OLDER AGE GROUPS - 06 September 2021

Dr Julian Lewis: Is there any risk to older age groups who, because they are more vulnerable, had both jabs earlier, that the effectiveness of those jabs might wear off sooner and that there might be a gap of vulnerability before they can get their booster shots?

[The Minister for Covid Vaccine Deployment (Nadhim Zahawi): My right hon. Friend is right to highlight that there is a group of older patients who received both doses with a three-week dosing interval, not a 12-week dosing interval. They will be our priority when it comes to boosters. The data from Cov-Boost is imminent, as I said earlier. The system is ready and primed to go as soon as we have that data, so that we boost the most vulnerable, including the group to which he refers, as quickly as possible to offer that additional protection.]