Booster jabs of the coronavirus vaccine are now being offered at walk-in sites.

Currently, people aged 50 years and over, health and social care workers and younger people at risk are being offered a booster jab of the vaccine.

The vaccine protects people against the very infectious respiratory disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

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The booster is an extra dose to help people who have been double-jabbed retain their immunity and will help reduce the risk of people needing hospital admissions due to covid infections this winter.

Patients will be offered the booster jab six months after receiving the second dose of the vaccine.

To find the closest location that is offering booster covid jabs visit the 'find a walk-in coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination site' section of the NHS website.

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