- ASYMPTOMATIC TESTING (no symptoms)
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- LFD TESTING…. We must continue to test TWICE a week using the LFD test and report your results to the school and to the NHS website every SUNDAY and THURSDAY.
- MOBILE TESTING UNITS (MTU’s)… These are open from 10am until 4pm 7 days a week. This is an optional PCR test.
- SYMPTOMATIC TESTING (i.e. you have symptoms)… You must book a PCR test in the normal way. You must not use an LFD test if you have symptoms.
- MOBILE VACCINATION BUSES… These are mobile vaccination centres set up to try and vaccinate as many who are eligible for the vaccine as possible.
- SELF ISOLATION… We must continue to self-isolate in line with the guidance if we test positive or have been identified as a close contact. Please don’t forget there is support both financially and emotionally for those of you who may have to self-isolate. Please visit the Bolton Council website for more information https://www.bolton.gov.uk/coronavirus-support-1/coronavirus-support?documentId=639&categoryId=20119
Who can get the COVID-19 vaccine?
The NHS is currently offering the COVID-19 vaccine to people most at risk. In England, the COVID-19 vaccine is being offered in some hospitals and pharmacies, at local centres run by GPs and at larger vaccination centres. More centres are opening all the time.
It’s being given to:
- people aged 18 and over
- people who will turn 18 before 1 July 2021
- people at high risk from COVID-19 (clinically extremely vulnerable)
- people who live or work in care homes
- health and social care workers
- people with a condition that puts them at higher risk (clinically vulnerable)
- people with a learning disability
- people who are a main carer for someone at high risk from COVID-19
Find out more about who can get a COVID-19 vaccine
People with other conditions that put them at higher risk
People with certain other health conditions are at high risk and can get the COVID-19 vaccine (as well as people who are clinically extremely vulnerable).
These conditions include:
- long-term lung conditions (such as severe asthma, COPD, bronchiectasis and cystic fibrosis)
- long-term conditions affecting the heart or blood vessels (such as congenital heart disease, heart failure and peripheral arterial disease)
- diabetes
- chronic kidney disease
- long-term liver conditions (such as cirrhosis and hepatitis)
- conditions affecting the brain or nerves (such as dementia, Parkinson’s disease, motor neurone disease, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, cerebral palsy or stroke)
- learning disabilities
- a condition or treatment that makes you more likely to get infections (such as HIV or some treatments for lupus, psoriasis or rheumatoid arthritis)
- severe mental conditions (such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder)
- severe obesity (a BMI of 40 or above)
If you have a condition that means you can get the COVID-19 vaccine, the NHS will contact you to arrange your vaccination appointments.
You can also book appointments at a larger vaccination centre or pharmacy now if you would like to.
Book your COVID-19 vaccination appointments
Information:
Some charities have worked with the NHS to produce advice about health conditions and COVID-19 vaccination.
Carers
You may be able to get the COVID-19 vaccine if any of the following apply:
- you are a main carer for someone at high risk from COVID-19
- your GP record shows you are a carer
- you get a Carer’s Allowance or other support following an assessment by your local authority
You may be able to book appointments at a larger vaccination centre or pharmacy.
Book your COVID-19 vaccination appointments
If you think you should be eligible as a carer but you cannot book an appointment online, speak to your GP surgery. Your GP may be able to update your GP record and book an appointment for you at a local NHS service.
People who live and work in care homes
Anyone who lives or works in a care home can get the COVID-19 vaccine.
Contact your care home manager about getting vaccinated.
Frontline health workers
You can get the COVID-19 vaccine if you’re a health worker who has direct contact with people at higher risk from COVID-19.
For example:
- you work in a clinical role (such as a doctor or nurse)
- you have contact in a non-clinical role (such as a receptionist or porter)
- you work in a hospital laboratory, mortuary or a funeral home
You can book your appointments at a larger vaccination centre or pharmacy, or contact your employer about getting vaccinated.
Book your COVID-19 vaccination appointments
Vaccination priority groups
The order in which people are offered the COVID-19 vaccine is based on advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI).
Read the latest JCVI advice on priority groups for the COVID-19 vaccination on GOV.UK
The order in which people will be offered the vaccine is based on advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI).
Read the latest JCVI advice on priority groups for the COVID-19 vaccination on GOV.UK
If you are not eligible yet
Wait to be contacted. The NHS will let you know when it’s your turn to have the COVID-19 vaccine. It’s important not to contact the NHS for a vaccination before then.
