Interesting date you have there ….
“England’s annual flu and Covid vaccine drive is being brought forward due to fears the heavily-mutated Pirola variant will trigger a fresh wave and overwhelm the NHS.
The Department of Health and Social Care announced vaccinations for care home residents and vulnerable adults will now start earlier than scheduled.
GPs and pharmacies will begin dishing out the jabs from September 11, a full month earlier than originally planned.
The ‘precautionary’ move comes amid fears over the spread of the mutated Pirola variant of Covid, technically called BA.2.86. Health chiefs today confirmed a second Brit has been infected with the strain.
Ministers said they had made the decision to reduce pressure on the health service while scientists rush to learn more about Pirola, described as a ‘real deal’ and the ‘most striking’ that the world has seen since Omicron first emerged”