Care home residents will be the first to receive the spring Covid-19 booster jab from Monday. Around five million people in total are eligible for a booster up until the end of June, including those aged 75 and over and anyone aged five and over who is immunosuppressed.
While the care home programme of boosters rolls out across England, all other eligible people will be able to book their jab online from April 5, with the first appointments available the week commencing April 17. Millions of people will be sent their initial invitations through the NHS app, where they can also book their appointment.
Text messages and letters will be sent to those without the app or who are not regularly using it. NHS director of vaccinations and screening Steve Russell said: “As a society we are learning to live with Covid but, for many, it is still a virus that can cause serious illness and hospitalisation, and so it is still really important that those at greatest risk come forward and boost their protection in the coming weeks.
