You can receive the free spring booster vaccination if you are 75 or over, or have a weakened immune system.
If you are currently 74 but turn 75 by the 30th June 2024, when the vaccination offer ends, you are also eligible – you don’t have to wait for your birthday to get protected.
Anyone who is eligible can use the NHS website booking system or app to make an appointment at a pharmacy, GP practice or drop-in vaccination centre near you. You don’t need to wait to be invited by the NHS to come forward.
If you or someone you know can’t get online, book by calling 119 free of charge, where a translator is available if needed.
Residents living in care homes for older people are also being offered the seasonal vaccination.
“...it’s still important for our most elderly residents and people with a weakened immune system to top up their protection – because they are most at risk from getting seriously unwell and requiring hospital treatment”
KCC Deputy Director of Public Health, Dr Ellen Schwartz, said: “We are learning to live with COVID-19 but the virus hasn’t gone away.
“It means it’s still important for our most elderly residents and people with a weakened immune system to top up their protection – because they are most at risk from getting seriously unwell and requiring hospital treatment.
“If you’re eligible, please book for the spring booster as soon as you are invited to do so by the NHS; and if you don’t want to wait, use the NHS website, app or 119 today to make an appointment.”
