Prognosis
U.K. Expands Covid Booster Plan in Bid to Avoid New Restrictions
- Minister hopeful that it can avoid infection surge hitting EU
- Britain already had a wave of infections in the summer
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The U.K. government is extending its coronavirus booster program, part of an effort to avoid following other European nations into imposing new restrictions to control the virus.
From Monday, everyone over age 40 will be invited to have a third dose of the vaccine. Health Secretary Sajid Javid said the hope is that by bolstering immunity within the population, the number of serious cases that require hospitalization will be limited. Britain has already delivered 15 million booster jabs covering a quarter of the population.