Residents in care homes for older adults will be the first to receive their spring Covid-19 booster as the spring booster programme gets underway.
The spring booster dose will be offered to those aged 75 and over, and individuals aged five and over with a weakened immune system. Everyone eligible will receive an appointment over the coming months as the spring programme will run until June.
Tobias Tipper, lead for Lanarkshire’s vaccination programme, said: “Covid-19 is still with us so it’s really important that anyone aged 75 and over or any individual aged five and over with a weakened immune system gets their spring booster.
“Booster doses are safe, effective, and help to top up your protection against serious illness from the virus.
“Prioritising those most at risk has been the approach from the outset and the latest guidance from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) is that a further spring dose is required as protection fades over time. This is why a spring booster vaccination is needed for the most vulnerable.
“If you receive an appointment with an unsuitable date, time or venue, please reschedule it online or by calling the National Vaccination Helpline 0800 030 8013. This will allow us to give your appointment to someone else.
“The COVID-19 spring booster programme is key to protecting the most vulnerable among us and I’d like to thank our vaccinators, support staff and all those who continue to come forward for vaccination when invited.”
For more information visit NHS Inform at https://www.nhsinform.scot/spring-coronavirus-covid-19-booster
