Covid: Delay of third jabs for most vulnerable criticised

Covid: Delay of third jabs for most vulnerable criticised The rollout of third doses of Covid vaccines for vulnerable people with weak immune systems has gone "badly wrong", say charities.

Vaccine experts recommended on 1 September that immunosuppressed patients should be given the extra dose to give them fuller protection.

But Kidney Care UK and Blood Cancer UK say many are still waiting. BBC News

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