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“A medical professional explained that there still need to be things put into place before they could act on what is being reported at the moment and that it may in fact be next week before they could do so. As I’m a similar age, I asked if she could clarify she explained they aren’t yet able to accept people whose second jab was less than six months ago,” she told i. “I overheard a lady in front being told that she wouldn’t be able to have the booster yet. One woman, aged 47, who asked to remain anonymous, said she waited in a long queue outside a pop-up vaccination centre in Plymouth on Tuesday for her booster jab, only to be turned away. “It’s a daily lottery so I’m desperate to get my booster as soon as possible.”. “I have two secondary school kids and Covid is rife at school – year group bubbles have been reintroduced and many of their friends and their parents have had Covid since half term. “It’s been five-and-a-half months since my second dose but they refused me and said I needed to be six months,” he said. © Provided by The iĭavid Porter, 49, told i he dropped by the walk-in jab clinic at Harlequins Rugby Ground in Twickenham on Tuesday but was told he had to wait several more weeks to get his booster. In a sign of the confusion, one clinic in Westminster, central London, was offering the booster jab to all over-18s.Īnd a clip of Sajid Javid, the health secretary, marching Sky correspondent Jon Craig into a walk-in centre last night to get his booster even though it had not been six months since his second dose also prompted some people to believe that other clinics would allow them to do the same. The JCVI had announced that booster jabs will be offered to all over-18s in descending order of age groups and that the gap between second and third doses will be slashed from six months to three.īut the public were initially not told that they needed to wait until their age group were called or until they were contacted by the NHS meaning many over-40s whose doses were administered between three to six months ago were turned away from walk-in centres today.
The Joint Committee on Vaccine and Immunisation (JCVI) unveiled a major expansion of the UK jab campaign yesterday as ministers scramble to strengthen the nation’s armour against the new Omicron variant. Confusion over who is eligible for a booster jab saw over-40s turned away from walk-in clinics across England today, while one vaccination centre was offering third doses to anyone aged 18 and over.