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Vaccination Update 16 March

Open COVID-19 vaccination offer to end soon

The open, or Evergreen offer of a booster COVID-19 vaccination to all people in North Wales will end on 31 March.

For those people who have not yet completed a primary course of vaccinations (two doses, or three for those in specific clinical cohorts) then these can still be arranged before the end of June. As there is a minimum interval of eight weeks between doses to complete a full course, any penultimate dose will need to be delivered before 30 April.

We would encourage those people who have not yet completed their primary course or had their booster vaccination to do as soon as possible to avoid missing out. As well as continuing to protect our communities, having a complete vaccination record is still required for travel in many counties across the world.

People can get their vaccinations at drop-in clinics at a number of different sites across North Wales and more information is available on our website here.

Those attending a scheduled appointment will be given priority and appointments can still be booked or rearranged through the COVID-19 Vaccination Contact Centre on 03000 840004, which is open 8am to 7pm from Monday to Friday and 9am to 2pm at the weekend.

Please attend arranged appointment offered if possible, but if you need to cancel or rearrange an appointment then please let us know via the COVID-19 Vaccination Contact Centre as missed appointments have an impact on our resources.

Planning for the spring booster campaign

We will soon start to deliver our spring booster campaign. This will be for the most vulnerable, including people over 75. 

Following advice from the expert Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), the vaccine will be offered to:

  • people aged 75 and over
  • residents in care homes for older adults
  • individuals aged five years and over who are immunosuppressed

Starting next month, those eligible will be invited via a letter as in previous campaigns and we would ask that people wait for their appointment as opposed to calling to book.  The delivery will focus on care homes and housebound citizens in the first few weeks, moving then to mobile over 75-year-olds and people who are immunosuppressed.