Three residents in Kent and Medway have spoken openly about how they wish they’d had the vaccines earlier.
Diane, Steve and Darren are all living with Long Covid and coping with the changes it has made to their health and wellbeing.
Watch their stories below:
Rollout in Kent
On 8 December 2021, Kenneth Lamb from New Romney became the first person in Kent to have the vaccine; it was the start of the biggest immunisation programme in NHS history.
Two years after the first vaccinations were administered in England, the message from the NHS remains the same – vaccines save lives.
They are still our best defence against Covid-19 and NHS health ambassadors are encouraging those eligible for an autumn booster – and people who have never had a Covid-19 vaccine – to come forward for their jab.
Vaccines remain our best defence
- Those eligible for the autumn programme include:
- residents in a care home for older adults and
- staff working in care homes for older adults
- frontline health and social care workers
- all adults aged 50 years and over
- persons aged five to 49 years in a clinical risk group
- persons aged five to 49 years who are household contacts of people with immunosuppression
- persons aged 16 to 49 years who are carers.
70 vaccination clinics
There are more than 70 vaccination clinics in Kent and Medway offering first, second and booster vaccines.
Book an appointment today on the national booking system or find a walk-in site.
