Exclusive: boosters to be offered five months after second dose as part of major change to vaccination rollout programme
The government is to allow people to have their Covid booster jab after five months, a month quicker than the current policy, in an effort to help stop the NHS becoming overwhelmed this winter.
The major change to the vaccination programme could see ministers flouting the advice of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, which recommends that people should wait until six months after their second dose before having their top-up in order to maximise protection.
