Covid-19 Autumn Booster Programme Begins This Month

Anyone eligible is being encouraged to be protected this Winter by having the Covid-19 booster vaccination.

The programme starts from Monday the 5th of September with care home residents and people who are housebound, the first to receive their vaccines. Health and social care workers will also qualify for the vaccine.

Covid-19 vaccines are vital for protecting the population of Kent and Medway and remain the best defence we have against the virus.

Guidance from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) on the Autumn programme outlines who should be offered the jab.

These include:

• Residents in care homes

• Frontline health and social care workers
• People aged 50 years or above
• Anyone aged five to 49 who is in a clinical risk group or are household contacts of people with immunosuppression

• Pregnant women

Those eligible will be able to book on the national booking system from late September.

NHS Kent and Medway