Second new Covid jab will be approved in weeks as ministers pledge all eligible Brits will get updated shot
A SECOND new Covid jab will be approved within weeks as ministers pledge all eligible Brits will get an updated shot.
Pfizer is set to get the green light for the treatment which targets the original coronavirus and the Omicron BA.1 strain which followed it.
It comes after regulators approved Moderna’s new jab on Monday.
Doses are already on order for the NHS’s autumn rollout that will cover 26million people and kicks in next month.
Scientists say a booster will prevent a wave of winter hospitalisations and are urging Brits not to delay getting a top-up to bag a specific type.
Prof Anthony Harnden, of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, said: “People need to get vaccinated rather than worrying too much about the type.
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"These are all very good vaccines, which have proven efficacy against hospitalisation and death.”
Original vaccines – the ones used in previous rollouts – will be on standby for anyone who cannot get a new booster.
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Scientists said people should not delay their top-up so they can get a specific type, with mixing and matching proven to be safe.
Flu is expected to surge alongside Covid when the weather turns, threatening a virus double whammy.