Flu and Covid autumn vaccine programmes brought forward due to new variant

The government has announced that this year’s autumn flu and COVID-19 vaccine programmes will start earlier than planned in England as a precautionary measure following the identification of a new Covid-19 variant. The measure is being taken as scientists from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) examine the variant BA.2.86, which was first detected in … Continue reading Flu and Covid autumn vaccine programmes brought forward due to new variant