UK eyes COVID-19 booster in autumn, then annual vaccinations, says minister

FILE PHOTO: People queue outside the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination centre at Cliffs Pavilion in Southend-on-Sea, Britain, February 4, 2021. REUTERS/Paul Childs

LONDON (Reuters) – A COVID-19 booster and annual vaccinations are very probable, vaccine deployment minister Nadhim Zahawi said on Sunday as countries race to administer jabs in the face of new variants.

“We see very much probably an annual or a booster in the autumn and then an annual (vaccination), in the way we do with flu vaccinations where you look at what variant of virus is spreading around the world,” Zahawi told the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show.

Reporting by Costas Pitas; Editing by Hugh Lawson

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