Vaccines minister says he hopes booster programme will be ‘last piece of jigsaw’ to avoid lockdowns
Patients in England could get routine annual Covid jabs at the same time as their flu vaccinations, the vaccines minister, Nadhim Zahawi, has said, as the government prepares to start the booster programme in the coming days.
Scientists have warned that the NHS is likely to be under significant pressure from other seasonal illnesses as well as Covid-19 infections.
