Spring COVID Booster Programme ● Millions of people are now being invited to receive a Spring COVID-19 booster following advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation for an additional dose for the most vulnerable individuals in the population. ● Eligible groups include those aged 75 and over, residents of older adult care homes, and those aged 12 and over who are immunosuppressed. The NHS continues to offer first, second and third doses for those who are yet to come forward for one. ● The NHS vaccination programme has been the biggest and fastest in health service history. It has saved over a hundred thousand lives, reduced hospital admissions and built a wall of defence which has allowed us to learn to live with COVID-19. Key facts ● Over 140 million COVID-19 vaccinations have been administered in the UK. ● 92.5 per cent of people in the UK have received a first dose, 86.5 per cent have received a second dose and 68.3 per cent have received a booster or third dose. ● Between 21 March and 4 May 2022, over 2.8 million spring booster doses have been administered in England. ● Based on the direct effect of the booster vaccination and booster vaccine coverage rates, the UK Health Security Agency estimates that around 186,600 hospitalisations have been prevented in those aged 25 years and over in England from 13 December 2021 to 17 April 2022.
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