{"id":651907,"date":"2022-09-05T08:24:34","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T08:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/?p=651907"},"modified":"2022-09-05T08:24:34","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T08:24:34","slug":"millions-to-be-invited-for-covid-19-boosters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/millions-to-be-invited-for-covid-19-boosters\/","title":{"rendered":"Millions to be Invited for Covid-19 Boosters!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Millions are being invited to get their new Covid-19 vaccinations today for their Autumn Covid booster jabs in Scotland and the UK. The first set of people ready to get the booster jabs during the Autumn boosters is the care home residents. They are in more need of them than anyone else around the UK.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Although the infection rate is going down, the NHS and health experts around the world suggest that this is needing to happen to avoid another spike from happening in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>They are urging people to get their boosters as there could be another chance of another Covid-19 infection happening in the UK at some point in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>A recently approved vaccine against the Omicron variant will be used first<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_651908\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-651908\" class=\"wp-image-651908 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/shutterstock_1854498166.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/shutterstock_1854498166.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/shutterstock_1854498166-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-651908\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: <a class=\"jss711 jss73 jss75 jss74\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/g\/scaliger\">Viacheslav Lopatin<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">The groups who qualify for an autumn booster are:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"unordered-list-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1o5f7ft-BulletListContainer e5tfeyi0\">\n<ul role=\"list\">\n<li>adults aged 50 and over<\/li>\n<li>people aged five to 49 with health conditions that put them at higher risk &#8211; including pregnant women<\/li>\n<li>care-home staff<\/li>\n<li>frontline health and social care workers<\/li>\n<li>carers aged 16 to 49<\/li>\n<li>household contacts of people with weakened immune systems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">The most vulnerable will be prioritized first. Says the BBC.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">The number testing positive would be:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"unordered-list-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1o5f7ft-BulletListContainer e5tfeyi0\">\n<ul role=\"list\">\n<li>one in 60 in England<\/li>\n<li>one in 65 in Wales<\/li>\n<li>one in 55 in Scotland<\/li>\n<li>one in 50 in Northern Ireland<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more Latest news, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>For more Covid-19 news, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/tag\/covid-19\/\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>For any Entertainment news, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/entertainment\/\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>For everything Five Minutes Spare, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Banner and Image Credit: <a class=\"jss2358 jss73 jss75 jss74\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/g\/KonstantinEgorychev\">Konstantin Egorychev<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Millions are being invited to get their new Covid-19 vaccinations today for their Autumn Covid booster jabs in Scotland and the UK. 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