The elderly may need fourth dose of Covid vaccine, says expert

A woman receives a Covid-19 jab (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)

Older adults in the UK may need to receive a fourth dose of the Covid-19 jab, a scientist has suggested.

Professor Adam Finn, professor of paediatrics at the University of Bristol and a member of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), said elderly adults who had received their boosters early “may need a further jab”, although he added that this had “not been decided yet” and that it was “still very much in doubt” whether all adults would get a fourth dose.