Next age group to be offered Covid vaccine announced
A link to book will be sent to people aged 34 and 35 in a text message on Thursday or Friday
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People aged 34 and over will be able to book to have their Covid-19 jab from Thursday, the NHShas said.
A link to book will be sent to people aged 34 and 35 in a text message on Thursday or Friday which will ask them to come forward for their Covid vaccine.
Thousands of volunteers will get a booster jab as part of the trial. Seven existing vaccines are to be tested in the Cov-Boost trial to see which jabs could be used in any forthcoming autumn vaccination programme. Some 2,886 people aged 30 and older are being recruited at 18 NHS sites from London to Glasgow, with the first booster jabs administered in early June. Scientists want people who received their first dose of either Pfizer/BioNTech or AstraZeneca in December or January to sign up, and hope people aged 75 and over will also come forward. Experts believe that all seven vaccines will boost immunity, and lab studies will check their response to variants circulating in the UK, including those from India, Kent and South Africa.