WOKINGHAM’S dedicated Covid-19 vaccine clinic is moving to a new location.
From Thursday, October 6, residents will be able to get their vaccines from Wokingham Borough Council Shute End offices, in the Shuters Café, located in the basement.
At present the booster jab to protect against coronavirus is offered to people aged 65 and over, as well as frontline health and social care workers who have completed their primary course of two doses.
People aged 50 and above, those over five years at clinical risk, care home residents and health and social care staff will become eligible as the programme rolls out.
Adult boosters will be given on Thursdays and Fridays.
At 4pm to 5pm on these two days, frontline care workers will be able to receive their boosters on a walk-in basis.
They will need to bring proof of status, such as workplace photo ID, a letter from their employer within the past three months, or a payslip from the same period.
Children at clinical risk aged five to 11 will receive their boosters on Sundays.
Cllr David Hare, executive member for health, wellbeing and adult services, said: “It is important for everyone, especially those who are more vulnerable, to get up to date with vaccinations without delay ahead of the winter months when respiratory infections, such as Covid-19, are expected to circulate at higher levels.
“Getting vaccinated is the best way to protect you and your loved ones so that we can live more safely with the virus. Wokingham Borough Council is continuing to encourage and facilitate our residents in getting vaccinated. We are also supporting the NHS in every way we can to deliver the vaccination programme as well as possible to all residents.”
People who become eligible for their boosters are advised to book ahead on the NHS National Booking Website or by calling 119.
Those attending the clinic are reminded to bring their NHS number and a face covering with them.
The clinic was previously held on the ground floor of the former Wokingham Library in Denmark Street.
