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Vaccination Update – February 29 2024

People aged 65 to 74 who have not received a COVID-19 Autumn booster have until March 28 to drop in to one of our community vaccination centres to boost their protection against the virus

More than 175,000 eligible people across North Wales have already come forward to receive the booster since the programme began in September. 

 

End of the Autumn booster programme

We will stop offering the COVID-19 Autumn booster on March 28.

The health board is calling on anyone who is eligible for the vaccine but has not yet had it to come forward over the next four weeks.

We are especially keen to encourage people aged 65 to 74 and anyone who is immunosuppressed to top up their protection and reduce their risk of serious illness.

You can check your eligibility here. View details of our walk-in vaccination clinics including locations, dates and times here.

 

Why it is important to get the Autumn booster

It is important to receive booster doses when invited to help maintain a high level of protection against COVID-19. If you do not take up the offer to receive the booster you could be more vulnerable to the virus.

People aged 65 to 74 will not be offered another vaccine as part of our Spring campaign.

 

COVID-19 Spring booster programme

Following guidance issued by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation and the Welsh Government, our teams are currently planning the COVID-19 Spring booster programme in North Wales.

From April 2, we will start offering a booster vaccine to:

  • all adults aged 75 years and over
  • residents in care homes for older adults
  • all adults and children aged six months and over who are immunosuppressed (as defined by tables 3 and 4 of the Green Book).

We will announce more detail about our plans shortly.

The COVID-19 Spring booster will be offered to patients around six months after their last dose of the vaccine. As in previous campaigns, our teams will issue invitations to all those eligible for the booster vaccine and work with care home managers to offer vaccinations to residents.