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<p>On 15 July 2022, the Government provided an update on the COVID-19 autumn booster
programme and flu vaccination programme. This included the expansion of the eligibility
criteria for flu vaccinations to be offered to all adults aged 50 years old and over
and secondary school children in Years 7, 8, and 9 in England. These additional groups
will be eligible once the most vulnerable, including previously announced pre-school
and primary school children, those aged 65 years old and over and those in clinical
risk groups have been offered the vaccination. This expansion aims to reduce the level
of serious illness and subsequent pressure on the National Health Service.</p><p>the
Government accepted the JCVI’s advice to offer an autumn booster vaccination to increase
immunity in those at higher risk from COVID-19 and protect against severe illness,
hospitalisation and death in winter 2022/23. The booster dose will be offered to residents
and staff in a care home for older adults; all adults aged 50 years old and over;
those aged five to 49 years old in a clinical risk group or who are household contacts
of someone with immunosuppression; frontline health and social care workers; and carers
aged 16 years old and over. This aims to increase immunity in those at higher risk
from COVID-19 and protect against severe illness, hospitalisation and death in winter
2022/23.</p><p><strong> </strong></p>
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