A BUMPER weekend for booster jabs across Herefordshire and Worcestershire means 73 per cent of all eligible adults across the two counties have now received their booster vaccine.
There were nine vaccination centres were operating, including Artrix in Bromsgrove which last week became the first in the UK to be offering jabs 24-hours-a-day, seven days a week – that will continue until Thursday, December 23.
Other Worcestershire centres included Knights Pharmacy in Redditch, St Peter’s Church, Worcester, and the Three Counties Showground in Malvern.
Bromsgrove Town Crier Kevin Ward, was out in Worcester reminding people to get jabbed in the centre of Worcester and will be returning to local shopping locations over the coming week to urge residents to get boosted before Christmas.
Simon Trickett, Chief Executive Officer for NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire CCG said: “I would like to thank our local partners for mobilising so quickly to ramp up booster delivery across both counties, and also members of local communities who have come forward so quickly for their booster vaccination.
“However, the threat posed by Omicron to the NHS is still significant, so I would urge everyone to get boosted as soon as they can.
“For those who haven’t received their first or second dose of the vaccine, it is not too late to do so.”
Vaccinations are available to book at vaccination centres across the two counties via the NHS national booking system here or by calling 119.
Details of drop-in sessions are also available at herefordshireandworcestershireccg.nhs.uk/covid-19-vaccine/vaccination-sites and GP practices across the two counties are also prioritising the vaccine programme which, the CCG said, had meant some routine services and appointments may temporarily be stood down.
The public will be contacted by their GP practice to book their Covid-19 booster vaccination if they have not already received one at a vaccination site.
