You need a THIRD Covid shot now, for those of you that thought taking the first two would somehow end all this

 

You need a THIRD Covid shot now, for those of you that thought taking the first two would somehow end all this

Get a Covid booster jab at the chemist: Pharmacists will give third vaccine dose with flu injection in nationwide top-up drive

Pharmacists will give out Covid booster jabs this autumn under highly ambitious plans to re-vaccinate half of all Britons.

Government scientists announced on Wednesday that the top-up vaccines would be offered to up to 32million patients starting from September.

This would potentially include all over-50s, frontline health and care workers, as well as younger adults with long-term conditions. The boosters would be given at the same time as the flu jab.

Until now, the majority of Covid vaccines have been delivered by GPs – or other healthcare workers under their supervision – in surgeries or in mass vaccination centres.

Only a handful of high street chemists have given out the first and second doses, including branches of Superdrug and Boots and some independent stores. Guidance from NHS England yesterday urged health trusts to spread capacity across community pharmacies, vaccination centres and general practices in order to ‘ease pressure’ in other areas of the health service.

Although pharmacists are fully trained to administer the jabs – and regularly do flu and travel inoculations – the fact they are being called up underlines just how challenging this booster campaign could prove to be.