Vulnerable residents urged to book Covid booster

Eligible people in Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire and Peterborough are being urged to book their Covid-19 spring booster.

Vulnerable residents aged 75 and over will be offered the jab from Monday.

The NHS will contact people who are eligible for the booster to encourage them to book an appointment.

Appointments will be available at select community pharmacies and GP surgeries and can be booked online, or by calling 119.

The NHS said an average of 100 hospital beds were taken up each day in the East of England by patients with Covid-19 this winter.

Cali Makewell, integrated vaccination service lead at NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, said: "The spring booster is really important as Covid-19 is still around and being spread.

"This booster vaccine will help to top-up the immunity of our friends, family and community members who are most at risk of becoming seriously poorly from Covid-19 this spring and summer.

"We know that vaccinations continue to be our best form of protection against severe Covid-19 symptoms and indeed hospitalisation. So I would encourage anybody who does receive an invitation to have a spring booster, to take up the offer."

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