UK becomes first country to approve Moderna’s dual Covid-19 vaccine

Ministers say the vaccine will now form part of the autumn booster campaign.

Moderna thinks thirteen million doses of its new vaccine will be available this year, but twenty six million people are eligible for some form of booster.

Health officials say people should take whichever booster they are offered as all jabs provide protection.

The original vaccines used in the pandemic were designed to train the body to fight the first form of the virus which emerged in Wuhan, in China, at the end of 2019.