Coronavirus: Vaccination
(asked on 16th July 2021) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to offer people who are immunosuppressed, but not identified as extremely clinically vulnerable, a booster covid-19 vaccination as part of the covid-19 vaccination booster programme.
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) published interim advice on a potential COVID-19 booster vaccination programme on 30 June, which is available at the following link:
The JCVI advises a two staged approach, with individuals in stage one offered a booster and flu vaccine as soon as possible from September. Individuals in stage two should be offered a booster vaccine as soon as practicable after stage one, with equal emphasis on deployment of the flu vaccine where eligible. The JCVI suggests that adults aged 16 years old and over who are immunosuppressed are offered a booster vaccine in stage one.
Final decisions on the timing and scope and cohort eligibility of any COVID-19 vaccine booster programme will be confirmed once the JCVI has provided their final advice.