UK Stops Boosting Under-65s in COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign

Primary course to include one shot instead of two

A doctor prepares the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center in Halifax, England, on July 31, 2021. Ian Forsyth/Getty Images

People under the age of 65 will no longer be offered COVID-19 vaccines unless they are otherwise eligible, the UK government said on Aug. 8.

The announcement came after the official advisory body, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), said boosting under-65s is unlikely to be cost-effective.