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Health and Social Care Secretary statement on spring booster programme and evergreen offer Adults aged 75 and over, residents in a care home for older adults and immunosuppressed individuals will be eligible for a spring booster
Most vulnerable to be offered spring COVID-19 booster JCVI advises vaccine top-up for over-75s, immunosuppressed and residents in care homes for older adults.
Second bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccine from Moderna (Spikevax) authorised by UK medicines regulator This adapted COVID-19 vaccine targets both the original coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) and the Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 sub-variants.
Millions of people get boosted against COVID-19 Nearly 17.5 million eligible people received their COVID-19 autumn booster jab, with tens of thousands coming forward in the final week o
Thousands give their views on how COVID-19 Pandemic should be remembered in the UK The UK Commission on Covid Commemoration is now considering all responses and final recommendations will be put to Government in Spring.
JCVI advises an autumn COVID-19 vaccine booster JCVI makes interim recommendations to government on the COVID-19 vaccination programme for 2023.
Sixth Meeting of the UK Commission on Covid Commemoration The UK Commission on Covid Commemoration held its sixth meeting.
COVID-19 PCR testing network scaled down From today, the Rosalind Franklin Laboratory will cease to process PCR tests for COVID-19 in response to reduced demand.
New discharge funding and NHS winter pressures The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Steve Barclay, updated Parliament on what the government is doing to help the NHS deal
Free PPE to health and social care sectors extended Offer of free personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline health and care staff extended until 31 March 2024.