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Covid vaccination letters going out to 60-63-year-olds

People aged 60 to 63 years old in the region are now being invited for their coronavirus vaccination.

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The latest batch of letters were arriving from yesterday and will mean everyone in the first seven priority groups will have been offered the vaccine.

People aged 64 years old were invited to have a jab last week – and letters have started arriving at the homes of those aged 60 to 63 years old explaining how they can arrange a vaccination through the national booking service.

Alison Tonge, regional director of commissioning at NHS England and NHS Improvement in the Midlands, said: “In just a few months, the NHS has made extraordinary progress in vaccinating more than 17 million people across the country and it is incredible that more than nine out of 10 people aged 65 and over have already received potentially life-saving protection.

“It is down to the hard work of NHS staff, volunteers and all the others supporting the vaccination programme, that we can now invite everyone aged 60 to 63 years old to arrange an appointment to get jabbed as soon as possible.

“It is never too late to take up the offer and I would urge anyone eligible who has yet to do so to come forward and protect yourself and others.”

People can use the national booking service to reserve a slot at one of more than 100 NHS Vaccination Centres or almost 200 pharmacy-led services across the country.

The booking service can be accessed at nhs.uk/covid-vaccination - those who cannot go online can call 119 free of charge.