London:
Everyone aged 44 and above in Britain will now be in a position to book their COVID-19 jab beginning on Monday as the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) vaccine programme expands additional to more younger age groups.
Around half a million 44-year-olds will obtain a text message inviting them to get their jab by way of the National Booking Service, with England’s leading medical doctor urging individuals to come forward for their jab when they are invited.
The move to the next age cohort in the vaccination programme comes alongside the most current NHS figures displaying that more than two-thirds of individuals aged 45 to 49 have now been vaccinated as the programme moves by way of age and threat-based cohorts.
“Now that 95 per cent of all over 50s have had their first jab, and more than two-thirds of those aged 45-49, we are opening up vaccinations to 44-year olds,” mentioned UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock.
‘The most significant vaccination programme in NHS history has delivered 45.5 million doses so far across the UK, and we are on track to offer you a jab to all adults by the finish of July. I encourage everybody who is 44 to book an appointment to get the jab it will shield you and your loved ones, and assist place this pandemic behind us,’ he mentioned.
The NHS mentioned the selection to move to the next group of individuals aged involving 40 and 43 will be set out in the coming days with the NHS vaccinating in line with Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) guidance and as provide enables.
“Thanks to NHS staff, people aged 45-49 have been hot on the heels of millions of people most at risk who were quick to take up the offer of a vaccine with more than two thirds getting their lifesaving jab, marking another medically important milestone in the biggest vaccination campaign in NHS history,” mentioned Sir Simon Stevens, NHS England Chief Executive.
When the time comes, and you get that text, book an appointment to get your vaccine it is the finest protection you and your loved ones will obtain from this deadly virus, he mentioned.
Since the UK’s vaccination rollout started in December 2020, more than 28 million individuals have been vaccinated with a initial dose in England, 63.8 per cent of the total population of adults aged more than 18.
NHS employees have also carried out more than 10 million second doses and has been reminding individuals to attend their second dose to make sure they obtain maximum protection.
NHS Medical Director, Professor Stephen Powis, mentioned: It is testament to the difficult work of NHS employees that we are now in a position to vaccinate individuals in the next age group.
If you are aged 44, when you are invited to do so, please do book your jab as appointments turn into accessible it is very simple, powerful and offers important protection against the coronavirus.
The NHS at present vaccinates against COVID-19 making use of 3 authorized vaccines, Pfizer/BionTech, Moderna, and Oxford/AstraZeneca. People who can’t go on the internet can contact the service on 119 alternatively to book their jab.
Text invitations seem as an alert from NHSvaccine , like a internet hyperlink to the NHS web-site to reserve an appointment.
Vaccinations are now becoming administered at more than 1,600 web pages across the nation, like churches, mosques, temples, museums and rugby grounds, to make sure the vast majority of individuals live inside 10 miles of at least one vaccination service.
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