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It’s back: UK ramps up COVID jabs amid fears over Pirola variant

London | Britain has rushed forward a seasonal campaign of COVID-19 booster jabs for vulnerable people, amid fears that the new “pirola” variant could be spreading quickly and may evade immunity.

The National Health Service will start vaccinating the over-65s, vulnerable groups and frontline healthcare workers on September 11, a month earlier than planned.

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Hans van Leeuwen is The Australian Financial Review’s former Europe correspondent. He is now International Economy editor for The Telegraph UK.

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    Original URL: https://www.afr.com/world/europe/it-s-back-uk-ramps-up-covid-jabs-amid-fears-over-pirola-variant-20230909-p5e3av