COVID-19 Spring Booster

The COVID-19 Spring booster campaign in 2025 has started on 1st April. Those eligible for this year’s spring COVID-19 vaccine include adults aged 75 years and over, residents in care homes for older adults, and people with a weakened immune system who are at a greater risk from severe illness.

You can book your jabs via the NHS App, nhs.uk website, calling 119 free of charge, or if invited by your GP practice. Vaccines in Newham will be delivered at a local pharmacy, or at Woodgrange Medical Practice or Essex Lodge Surgery.

The COVID-19 virus continues to circulate and can be highly dangerous – particularly for the above groups – as hospitals saw an average of more than 1,000 beds each day over winter taken up by COVID patients.

The vaccine provides vital protection against different strains of the COVID virus and helps reduce the risk of catching and spreading it, as well as the risk of serious illness or needing to go to hospital if you do catch it.

Surveillance data from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) on last year’s spring COVID-19 vaccination programme showed that those who received a vaccine were more than 40% less likely to be admitted to hospital with COVID-19 for up to two months after vaccination, compared to those who did not receive one.