Get the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox so you never miss a thing The government has announced that around 500,000 people in the UK will be offered a third dose of a coronavirus vaccine.
Following advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), people aged 12 and over who have severely weakened immune systems will be offered an additional shot.
The additional doses will be offered to those who were severely immunosuppressed at the time of their first or second vaccination. READ MORE: Hundreds of thousands of people in UK to be offered third dose of Covid-19 vaccine, government announces People who are severely immunosuppressed may not mount a full response to vaccination and therefore may be less