Covid: JCVI scientists to announce decision on booster rollout

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Because there are also high levels of cases of the dominant Delta variant, Health Secretary Sajid Javid said at the weekend he would be asking the JCVI to consider backing the rollout of booster jabs to a wider population than at present.
The committee only advises the government and the final decision on measures to combat Covid always lies with the politicians - but Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he intends to wait for the recommendations from the scientific experts who make up the committee.
The PM announced the "temporary and precautionary" measures at a Downing Street news conference on Saturday, adding that they would be reviewed in three weeks.
Under the rules due to come in on Tuesday: Everyone entering the UK (other than those coming from the Common Travel Area that covers the Channel Islands and Ireland) will have to take a PCR test by the end of the second full day after their arrival and self-isolate until they receive a negative result All contacts of suspected Omicron cases must self-isolate, regardless of whether or not they are fully vaccinated * Face coverings will be made compulsory on public transport (bringing England into line with the other UK nations) and in shops - but pubs and restaurants will remain exempt The government agreed last year to give MPs a vote before introducing new pandemic measures.