Just 65.6% have had an extra injection this autumn compared to 93% a year ago.
Numbers of over-65s having booster jabs have plummeted from 93% a year ago to less than two-thirds.More than 95% of over-65s had the first two doses of a Covid vaccine last year.
Wales remains ahead of England where less than half of over-65s have had an autumn booster. But regional differences can be seen around the country . Nearly 80% of over-65s have had an autumn booster in the Vale of Glamorgan, and there has been high take-up in Bridgend and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
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