SHOPPERS in Warrington can “grab a jab” while they are out and about today (Friday) and tomorrow.
As thousands of bargain hunters hit the high streets looking for “Black Friday” bargains, many will be able to grab a jab at one of the walk-in and pop-up vaccination sites conveniently located in and around popular shopping areas.
Anyone aged 50 and over, pregnant women, those with weakened immune systems, unpaid carers and frontline health and social care workers are eligible for the autumn booster, as long as it has been three months since their last dose of the vaccine.
The NHS and its partners in Cheshire and Merseyside have delivered more than 720,000 seasonal boosters since the autumn campaign began, and in an effort to keep people safe from COVID-19 heading into the winter months, vaccination teams will be busy jabbing throughout what is expected to be one of the busiest shopping weekends of the year.
Vaccination teams will be out and about across the region, and able to offer the autumn booster to anyone who is eligible and wants to take up the offer. And, if you have yet to have a first, second or booster jab, you will be able to get up to date without even having to book an appointment.
In Warrington, jabs will be available at the Everest pop-up pharmacy, Birchwood Shopping Centre, offering vaccines to eligible people aged 16+ .
Prof Rowan Pritchard-Jones, Medical Director for NHS Cheshire and Merseyside, said: “We’re making steady progress with the rollout of the autumn booster across Cheshire and Merseyside and continue to encourage eligible people to come forward for their vaccination as soon as possible.
“As we head into the winter months, traditionally a time when we are indoors more, respiratory illnesses, including COVID-19, spread more easily from person to person.
The vaccine is still the best way to protect yourself and others. If you have not yet been able to take up the offer, please visit one of the vaccination clinics while you’re out shopping this weekend.”
