They've known all along more boosters were coming... they just have to come up with reasons - like the omicron.
A FOURTH and FIFTH jab to fight Covid: UK orders 114m extra vaccine doses - enough to keep country supplied with booster shots for two more years
Ministers have bought 114million more doses of coronavirus vaccines that can be tweaked to protect against new variants.
The extra Moderna and Pfizer jabs will be delivered in 2022 and 2023, giving the UK a steady supply for the next two years.
The Department of Health said they ‘accelerated’ the signing of the new contracts in light of the newly discovered Omicron strain.