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The new Covid-19 jabs and flu vaccines on offer to certain groups this autumn - everything you need to know

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Another round of Covid-19 booster vaccines is being offered to certain groups of people this autumn. The national recommendations come with advice for pregnant women, immunosuppressed people and their households, carers and more.

There will also be a more extensive offer of the free flu vaccine to more people than usual this year. As with Covid-19 boosters, those eligible include the most vulnerable.

The news follows a huge spike in coronavirus infections and hospitalisations across the country. Greater Manchester too has suffered from the skyrocketing figures, with Covid-19 patients taking up around 1,000 of the region's approximately 5,000 hospital beds. READ MORE:Stop turning up to A&E with 'stubbed toes' because you can't get a GP appointment, urges paramedic On coronavirus boosters, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has now published its final recommendations for this autumn’s programme.

Under the advice, those eligible for a further dose will be: In addition, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) will be widening the offer of the free flu vaccine to more eligible groups.

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