COVID-19: Boris Johnson says 'we'll have to get used to idea' of autumn booster jabs

The prime minister has raised the prospect of people getting a coronavirus vaccine 'booster' jab in the autumn. Boris Johnson said the move would likely be required as the UK battles the emergence of new variants of COVID-19. 'I think we're going to have to get used to the idea of vaccinating and then revaccinating in the autumn, as we come to face these new variants,' he told the Commons during PMQs. Mr Johnson said a deal with pharmaceutical firm CureVac for 50 million doses would help in developing vaccines to respond 'at scale to new variants of the virus'.