All 34 and 35-year-olds to receive vaccine
People aged 34 and 35 can book their covid jab from today , as the vaccination programme continues rolling out to people in their thirties.
More than £1 million more people will be eligible for a life-saving COVID-19 jab and texts inviting people to book a vaccination will be sent Thursday and Friday.
Younger people in their thirties are expected to be invited over the next few days and weeks.
The latest wave of invitations comes as more than 1.5 million jab appointments were booked when the NHS opened up bookings to people in their thirties last week.
Texts going out to 36 and 37 year olds over the last two days prompted 440,000 bookings through the national booking system on Tuesday.
In total, the NHS has now delivered 48.5 million doses of the jab, and more than one third of adults have had both doses, meaning they have maximum protection from the virus.
On the advice of the government and Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, people aged 50 and over and the clinically vulnerable are having their second doses brought forward to counter the spread of the Indian variant. Nobody needs to contact the NHS and people will be told to rebook if they need to.
National NHS Medical Director Professor Stephen Powis said: “The success of the NHS Covid-19 Vaccination programme, the biggest in history, is not by accident but down to careful planning and precision by NHS staff who have now delivered 48.5 million doses across England in less than six months.
“Getting the vaccine is the single most important step we can take to protect ourselves, our families and our communities against Covid 19, so when you’re called forward, book your appointment and join the tens of millions who have already been jabbed.”
Text invitations appear as an alert from ‘NHSvaccine’, including a web link to the NHS website to reserve an appointment.
People who cannot go online can call the service on 119 instead to book their jab.
Vaccinations are now being administered at more than 1,600 sites across the country, including mosques, museums and rugby grounds, meaning the vast majority of the people live within 10 miles of at least one vaccination service.
People 39 and under who are eligible and pregnant women will be offered the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine in line with recently updated JCVI guidance.
