Department Of Health
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Minister for Public Health and Prevention, Andrew Gwynne said:
We are committed to making sure the most vulnerable people are protected from Covid, and have accepted the independent advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation for the spring2025 vaccination programme.
I urge those eligible who are yet to come forwardfor a Covid, flu or RSV vaccination this winterto get vaccinated as soon as possible to protectthemselves, their family, and the NHS.
Background
The aim of the COVID-19 immunisation programme is to prevent serious disease (hospitalisation and/or mortality) arising from COVID-19.
JCVIadvises that the following groups should be offered COVID-19 vaccination in spring 2025:
- adults aged 75 years and over
- residents in a care home for older adults
- individuals aged 6 months and over who are immunosuppressed (as defined in the immunosuppression sections of tables 3 or 4 in theCOVID-19 chapter of the Green Book)
The government is considering the JCVIs advice for autumn 2025 and spring 2026 programmes and w