Mon Jan 30, 2023 – 4:18 pm EST
LONDON (LifeSiteNews) – The British government has modified eligibility for COVID boosters to exclude most healthy people below age 50.
The new eligibility, announced last week, was recommended by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), an advisory committee set up by the government for COVID policy. The JCVI recommended the modification, citing the overall immunity among Britons for COVID-19 as well as the limited severity of infections caused by recent COVID variants.
As per the modification, those that are above 50, those who have a risk for catching COVID, frontline health and social care workers, and those who care for or live with the immunosuppressed are eligible for the boosters. The eligibility change takes effect on February 12, the day the government’s autumn booster campaign, which began in September, comes to an end.
Steve Russell, an official from the National Health Service (NHS), a government body that oversees Britain’s socialized medical system, said in a statement, “Following the decision by the government to accept JCVI advice today, I would encourage anyone who has not yet had their COVID booster to book an appointment in the next
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