People in Norfolk eligible for booster can get it after three months from today
All booster jabs need to be booked via the National Booking Service
People in Norfolk who are eligible for a booster jab, those people aged over 40 or clinically vulnerable, can get their booster from three months instead of six from today.
The new rules which shorten the period between second vaccine to boosters kicks in on the 11th December.
In Norfolk, 130,000 people have claimed their booster, about 35% of those who are eligible.
Dr David Vickers, medical director, Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust said: ‘We strongly encourage people who are eligible to come forward for their booster or vaccination. The vast majority of those being hospitalised with serious illness from Covid-19 are those who have not been vaccinated."
Booster jabs need to be booked via the National Booking Service.
Dr Vickers added: “To ensure as many eligible people as possible can access these boosters in a planned and managed way, all boosters should be booked via the National Booking Service at www.nhs.uk/covidvaccine - our walk-in services for boosters will close with effect from midnight on Friday 10 December 2021 and until then will only deliver boosters on a walk-in basis for those eligible people who have had their 2nd vaccination six months ago.”
“All other eligible groups can continue to access their 1st, 2nd and third vaccinations via our walk-in services.”
“We are actively finalising arrangements to extend opening hours in some of our centres to deliver even more capacity and we will share this information in the coming days.”
The following groups are currently eligible for a booster jab by appointment only, three months after their second jab:
People aged 40 and over
People who live and work in care homes
Frontline health and social care workers
People aged 16 and over with a health condition that puts them at high risk of getting seriously ill from COVID-19
People aged 16 and over who are a main carer for someone at high risk from COVID-19
People aged 16 and over who live with someone who is more likely to get infections (such as someone who has HIV, has had a transplant or is having certain treatments for cancer, lupus or rheumatoid arthritis)
People who are pregnant and in 1 of the eligible groups can also get a booster dose.
The NHS plans to give every eligible adult their booster jab by the end of January 2022.
Those aged 18-39 will also be eligible for a booster when the NHS calls them forward, according to new JCVI advice.
Information about eligibility will be released slowly over the coming months, as with the first vaccine roll out.
Further information on walk-in vaccination services is available at https://www.norfolkandwaveneyccg.nhs.uk/covid-19-vaccination-programme