🦠️ Covid boosters are being offered to people over 75, care home residents and those with a weakened immune system 🦠️
People over the age of 75 are among those who will be offered a Covid booster
The Public Health Agency in Northern Ireland has launched a spring booster vaccine programme against Covid-19 for people most at risk of serious illness from the disease.From Wednesday, vaccines are being rolled out through GPs, community pharmacies and healthcare trusts."Covid-19 is more serious in older people and in people with certain underlying health conditions," PHA director Dr Joanne McClean said.
"I would urge everyone who falls into an eligible group to take up the offer of free vaccination when available."The committee said that over the course of the pandemic data available from the UK and internationally showed older people were more likely to experience severe disease.
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