Why can’t I get my WINTER booster?

...the question hundreds of MoS readers are asking. Here we reveal how red tape, fewer jab centres and lacklustre advertising have hampered the rollout – and how you can ensure you don’t miss out

WE’VE been told to prepare for the worst this winter. Covid infections and hospitalisations have started to soar and the incoming wave of flu is expected to strike early and be especially severe.

And while hospitals are already struggling to cope and have begun cancelling routine operations, health officials are pinning their hopes on a trusty weapon to save the NHS from the brink of disaster: the autumn booster.

A fourth dose of the Covid vaccine is being offered to 26million Britons (it’s the fifth jab for the over-75s). And this time it has been reformulated to target the latest Covid variants. There’s just one catch: too few people are having it.

The latest Government figures reveal that just four in ten over-75s have had their autumn booster jab since the programme was launched nationwide early last month. On paper, this is only slightly