COVID-19 booster programme expands in Devon, but please wait your turn
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**All eligible adults in England aged 18 years old and over will be [offered a COVID-19 booster vaccine by the end of January.](https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flnks.gd%2Fl%2FeyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDYsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMTEyMDMuNDk3MjkzMDEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5nb3YudWsvZ292ZXJubWVudC9uZXdzL2FsbC1hZHVsdHMtdG8tYmUtb2ZmZXJlZC1jb3ZpZC0xOS1ib29zdGVycy1ieS1lbmQtb2YtamFudWFyeSJ9.3xWCGOGLmppU5LcNmtpN2HA6byrdQukrRgls-AOrcoI%2Fs%2F172374962%2Fbr%2F122232003710-l&data=04%7C01%7Cmike.bomford%40devon.gov.uk%7Ccbddac126b05439fd0ce08d9b6776b90%7C8da13783cb68443fbb4b997f77fd5bfb%7C0%7C0%7C637741446282631352%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=y9FoAhBwMKv805zcy0sw3SjzCqobNUGG%2F%2BIcpN9Chuc%3D&reserved=0)**

But the NHS don’t want you all to rush in and roll up your sleeve. Younger people are being urged to wait until they are called forward – with the more vulnerable continuing to be prioritised for their booster.

Following advice from the Joint Committee for Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), everyone who is currently eligible – including those aged 40 years old and over, health and social care workers and those at increased risk from the virus due to health conditions – will be able to book their COVID-19 booster vaccine from three months after their second dose. Younger age groups will be invited by the NHS in due course, in age order and grouped into five-year age bands.

Darryn Allcorn Chief nurse for NHS Devon said:

> “The NHS is Devon is working hard to significantly increase capacity, to help fight a variant that most of us hadn’t heard of a week ago. We will be vaccinating the most vulnerable people first, starting with those who were already eligible for a vaccine. The NHS will contact people when it’s their turn, please don’t try to book or come to a walk-in clinic until then. Our vaccine clinics are already very busy and we thank people for their patience.”

To see if you’re currently eligible to receive the COVID-19 booster, [visit the NHS website.](https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flnks.gd%2Fl%2FeyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDcsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMTEyMDMuNDk3MjkzMDEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5uaHMudWsvY29uZGl0aW9ucy9jb3JvbmF2aXJ1cy1jb3ZpZC0xOS9jb3JvbmF2aXJ1cy12YWNjaW5hdGlvbi9jb3JvbmF2aXJ1cy1ib29zdGVyLXZhY2NpbmUvIn0.PeHvpTO4fNk_P3SE3GakQ4h2kR_98QV1RAo6oGjoNc4%2Fs%2F172374962%2Fbr%2F122232003710-l&data=04%7C01%7Cmike.bomford%40devon.gov.uk%7Ccbddac126b05439fd0ce08d9b6776b90%7C8da13783cb68443fbb4b997f77fd5bfb%7C0%7C0%7C637741446282641314%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=JT53zfYuxTXwEP5UUi9OpuxXdI7jcGnB2wEInymXyoM%3D&reserved=0)