Booster vaccinations may be ‘compulsory’ on foreign holidays and care home employees

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Ministers are said to be discussing including the third shot in people’s “vaccine passport”, so they will need to get another shot to update their status.

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Ministers are discussing plans to make Covid-boosted vaccinations mandatory for staff in care homes and travel without quarantine abroad, it was reported.

Health Minister Sajid Javid is already planning to launch booster doses for vulnerable groups and over 50s from September.

Ministers have now suggested that a “logical” next step would be to make these boosters a requirement to keep a person’s vaccine status up-to-date.

One source told the Mail on Sunday: “The assumption is that you will be required to have the latest health passport.

“So if the advice is to get a booster shot six months after your second shot, that’s what you’ll need.”

According to the paper, this could mean that the travel benefits of some Britons who have been double stabbed – for example, being exempted from quarantine upon return from countries listed in amber – may only last if they are triple stabbed.

The Covid vaccine will be offered to all 16-17-year-olds by next Monday amid a dire warning of changing the entire self-isolation rule as Britons can avoid quarantine from Monday

Likewise, the requirement that care home staff in England have been cheated twice in the fall could extend to booster cakes as well.

But the talks appear to be in very early stages, with a senior government source saying they have not acknowledged the plans.

It has not been confirmed whether healthy people under the age of 50 will receive a booster injection in the UK. This may complicate any plan to include boosters in the “vaccine passport”.

Jabs are rolling out to under-18s this week — with more pressure on health chiefs to extend rollout to over 12s before schools return in September.

The first blow to Covid will be delivered to children aged 16-17 in England by August 23, according to a new target set by Javid.

More than 75% of adults in the UK have so far received two strokes of Covid.

Passengers standing on an escalator next to a sign indicating the airport’s COVID-19 testing center in Germany (

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A total of 40.4 million people have so far received both doses, while another 7 million have only received one dose.

Health chiefs expect millions of booster injections to be given in England between 6 September and 17 December, at the same time as the flu vaccination.

The Joint Committee on Immunization and Immunization (JCVI) previously suggested that the boosters would go first to people over 16 years of age who are immunosuppressed and severely weakened; nursing home residents; Health and care workers on the front lines; And all people over their seventies.

The boosters will then go to all people over 50, as well as all people over 16 in the flu or Covid risk group, and any adult who shares their home with someone who is immunocompromised.

JCVI has not ruled out extending booster doses to healthy people under 50, but said in June that it was too early to make a decision.

Staff from Westbourne House Nursing Home in Sheffield (file photo) (

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“Because most younger adults will only receive a second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in late summer, the benefits of booster vaccination in this group will be considered at a later time when more information becomes available,” the group said on June 30.

Mr Javid told reporters last week: “When it comes to booster lunges, we’re waiting for the final advice from the JCVI, this is our group of independent clinical advisors.

“When we get that advice we’ll be able to start the booster program, but I’m expecting it to start in early September, so I’m already making plans for that.”

A government spokesperson said: “We are preparing a booster program to ensure those most vulnerable to COVID-19 are protected before winter and against new variables.

“Any booster program will be based on the final advice of the Joint Independent Commission on Vaccination and Immunization (JCVI). Until we receive the independent advice of the JCVI, no decisions can be made about the broader requirements of those receiving the booster vaccines.

“The massive vaccine launch is building a defensive wall across the country, with more than 66,900 hospitalizations prevented and more than 84,000 lives saved.”

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