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Housebound elderly people waiting weeks for Covid boosters

Charities say vulnerable older people ‘overlooked’ amid pressure to meet target of 1m top-up jabs a day

Housebound elderly people are having to wait weeks to get their booster vaccine, despite being a key priority group for top-up jabs, raising fears about them being left at risk.

Charities have warned that older people are being “overlooked” in the NHS’s rush to deliver the 1m boosters a day that Boris Johnson has ordered to reduce the threat posed by the Omicron variant.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/3DZs0eb

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