The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation will advise on how the vaccine should be rolled out.
The dose is an updated version of the Moderna vaccine which is already in use for first, second and booster doses, and it will be the first dose approved in the UK which targets two strains of the virus.
Moderna’s chief medical officer, Doctor Paul Burton, previously said that the new jab can boost a person’s antibodies to such high levels that it may only be needed annually.
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Stephane Bancel, chief executive officer at Moderna, described it as a “next generation COVID-19 vaccine” which will play an “important role in protecting people in the UK from COVID-19” over the winter.
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Source: Daily Express
