The Covid-19 and flu Autumn booster campaign will start on 11th September with vaccinations in care homes and through local bookings. The national NHS booking site will bcome available on 18th September. It is recommended that the flu and Covid-19 vaccinations be given together, though this is not mandatory. Those eligible for the Covid-19 booster are:
- Residents in a care home for older adults
- All adults aged 65 years and over
- person aged 6 months to 64 yeats in a clinical risk group, as defined in tables 3 and 4 of the Covid-19 chapter of the Green Book
- frontline health and social care workers
- persons aged 12 to 64 years who are household contacts, as defibed in the Green Book, of people with immunosupression
- persons aged 16 to 64 years who are carers, as defined in the Green Book, and staff working in care homes for older adults