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Vaccination Update – March 14 2024

Our teams will start offering COVID-19 Spring booster vaccinations to eligible people across North Wales from April 2

Following advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) and the Welsh Government, a Spring booster vaccine will be offered to those most at risk from COVID-19. This includes:

  • everyone aged 75 or over,
  • everyone living in a care home for older adults, and
  • all adults and children aged six months and over who are immunosuppressed.

Around 100,000 people across North Wales are eligible to receive the Spring booster, which will top up their protection against the serious illness caused by the virus. The booster will be offered around six months after their last dose of the vaccine. More information about the COVID-19 Spring booster vaccine is available here.

During April, our vaccination teams will visit care homes for older adults to offer the Spring booster to residents. We will also contact people who are housebound to arrange vaccination.

As in previous COVID-19 vaccination campaigns, all other people eligible for a Spring booster will be invited to an appointment at a nearby community vaccination centre by letter. Appointment letters will be posted over the coming weeks. 

We expect the first appointments to be held at our community vaccination centres will take place from mid-April onwards, and to run throughout May and June.  

We will write to eligible people to offer an appointment in order of clinical priority. You will receive an appointment when it is your turn. Please do be patient – there is no need to contact us.

Please check your appointment letter carefully because the venue of your nearest vaccination clinic may have changed since our Autumn programme.

 

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 two 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.