Vaccination Update – April 5 2024
Our campaign to offer a COVID-19 Spring booster vaccine to around 100,000 of the most vulnerable people in North Wales began this week
The Spring booster will help to protect older people and adults and children with a compromised immune system from serious illness caused by the virus.
We urge everyone eligible for the vaccine to take up the offer to boost their protection against COVID-19 this Spring.
Adults living in care homes for older people
Vaccination teams are prioritising eligible groups in order of clinical need, and have started visiting care homes to vaccinate older adults across the region.
Our teams will continue to visit care homes in turn over the coming weeks.
People aged 75 and over
People aged 75 and over will be offered a COVID-19 Spring booster at one of our community vaccination centres during April, May and June.
The first appointments at our community vaccination centres will take place from mid-April onwards. Appointment letters, which include the location, date and time of your vaccination slot, have already been posted to the first people to be invited.
Further rounds of invitations will be issued in priority order over the coming weeks. We will write to you when it is your turn. Please be patient – there is no need to contact our team.
Please check your invitation letter carefully because the location of your vaccination appointment may be different from your previous appointment.
People who are housebound
We will contact people who are housebound to make arrangements for them to receive their vaccination.
Adults and children with a compromised immune system
Adults and children aged six months and over who are immunosuppressed will also be offered the COVID-19 Spring booster at one of our vaccination centres.
We are especially keen to encourage adults and children with a compromised immune system (as defined by tables 3 and 4 of the Green Book) to come forward to receive the vaccine when invited.
End of the COVID-19 Autumn booster programme
Our COVID-19 Autumn booster campaign ended on March 28. Between September and March, the health board delivered COVID-19 booster vaccines to more than 175,000 people.
We would like to thank the people of North Wales for coming forward to receive the vaccine in such high numbers, which has helped to boost their protection and reduce the number and severity of cases of COVID-19 in our communities this winter.