Spring Covid booster campaign launched for those eligible for the vaccine across North Wales

Health chiefs have launched the spring Covid-19 booster campaign. Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board is looking to administer the vaccine to around 100,000 of the most vulnerable people in North Wales.

The spring booster will help to protect older people and adults and children with a compromised immune system, from serious illness caused by the virus, the health board said.

Health chiefs have urged everyone eligible for the vaccine, to take up the offer to boost their protection against the virus this spring.

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Here are the details, who is eligible and when they can expect to get the vaccine, according to the health board.

Adults living in care homes for older people

Vaccination teams are prioritising eligible groups in order of clinical need, and have started visiting care homes to vaccinate older adults across the region.

Teams will continue to visit care homes in turn over the coming weeks.

People aged 75 and over

People aged 75 and over will be offered a Covid-19 Spring booster at one of the health board's community vaccination centres during April, May and June.

The first appointments at the community vaccination centres will take place from mid-April onwards. Appointment letters, which include the location, date and time of your vaccination slot, have already been posted to the first people to be invited.

Further rounds of invitations will be issued in priority order over the coming weeks. The health board will write to you when it is your turn. Please be patient – there is no need to contact the team.

Check your invitation letter carefully because the location of your vaccination appointment may have be different from your previous appointment.

People who are housebound

The health board will contact people who are housebound to make arrangements for them to receive their vaccination.

Adults and children with a compromised immune system

Adults and children aged six months and over who are immunosuppressed will also be offered the Covid-19 Spring booster at one of the health board's vaccination centres.

A BCUHB statement said: "We are especially keen to encourage adults and children with a compromised immune system (as defined by tables 3 and 4 of the Green Book) to come forward to receive the vaccine when invited."

The health board also said its autumn booster campaign ended on March 28. And between September and March, the health board delivered booster vaccines to more than 175,000 people.

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