Government advisers say at-risk groups should be given a booster Covid vaccine dose this autumn as winter is the riskiest time for the virus.
Margaret Keenan, the first person in the UK to receive a Covid vaccine, was given a booster this spring
The wider group - of less vulnerable older adults, frontline health and social care workers and those who have health conditions but are not severely immune compromised - will be receiving their booster roughly a year on from their last jab. But, he added, timing was important to make sure people received their extra jabs before virus circulation started to rise.
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