Covid Vaccine

A north east London vaccine update

We have now given more than 420,000 people in north east London their first dose of the vaccine, including over 70% of people aged 65 to 69, more than 80% of the over-70s and over 90% of residents in care homes for older people. North east London covers Barking and Dagenham, Havering, Redbridge, Waltham Forest, Tower Hamlets, Newham, and City and Hackney.

Vaccine supply is set to increase significantly from 15 March and we are expecting the rate at which people are vaccinated to increase still further.

Anyone aged 60 plus is now being invited to book a vaccination via the national booking service, which means everyone in the first seven priority groups has been offered the vaccine – those aged between 50 and 60 will soon be invited.

Visits to housebound people continue and everyone in cohorts 1 to 6 who is housebound will have been offered the vaccine by 15 March.

You can download information leaflets on the vaccine from the links at the bottom of the page.

SCAM ALERT

The Council has been alerted of a COVID-19 scam in which a fake survey asks residents to provide details of how they have coped with the pandemic and to provide personal details, including their bank details.
This survey has not been sanctioned or authorised by any local authority. Please take great care when providing your personal details to any third party.
If you would like to report any instances of fraud attempts, please email them here.

Until now, the NHS has asked people to wait until they are contacted to help ensure those most vulnerable are protected first but it has been announced that people aged 70 and over, who have not yet been vaccinated against COVID-19, can now contact the NHS to arrange a jab.

Residents aged 70 and over can now book the COVID-19 vaccination appointment without needing an invitation letter, or by calling 119, free of charge

For more information on this see Redbridge website here.