Daily Podcast: COVID booster rollout gets underway

A new COVID variant, BA.2.8, has pushed forward the winter vaccination programme, with the rollout starting in England for older adult care home residents and immunosuppressed people.

Other parts of the UK are also beginning their vaccination programmes this month.

On the #SkyNewsDailyPodcast, Niall Paterson is joined by Professor Susan Hopkins, chief medical adviser at the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), to discuss the new variant, and the importance of getting vulnerable people vaccinated.

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