NHS to roll out COVID-19 booster jab from September ahead of winter
Bivalent vaccines are vaccines that cover you against more than one strain of COVID-19, including the Omicron variant. This therefore leads to a broader immune response in those who receive it, offering better protection this winter.
Around 26 million people across England will be eligible for an autumn booster starting with care home residents. The NHS will contact people when it is their turn to book in for the vaccine.
The NHS will also being rolling out the flu vaccine and encouraging eligible people to take up the offer from the first of the month where possible.
The NHS will contact you when it is your turn to get an autumn booster and will be inviting the first people outside of a care home to book in ahead of the formal rollout in early September – please book in as quickly as possible when invited to give yourself protection this winter.
Getting a flu vaccine
The flu is an unpleasant illness caused by the influenza virus infecting the respiratory system, including your nose, throat and lungs. Flu will often get better on its own, but it can make some people seriously ill, and can be life threatening. In a bad flu year on average around 30,000 people in the UK die from flu and pneumonia.
You can get a flu vaccine even if you are not registered with a GP.
