Covid-19 vaccination

In County Durham, the NHS are delivering Covid-19 vaccinations across the county.

Covid-19 is a highly infectious respiratory illness. The best way to protect yourself and others from Covid-19 is to have the Covid-19 vaccination and boosters.

Please note the autumn booster is currently available and eligible for:

residents in a care home for older adults
all adults aged 65 years and over
persons aged six months to 64 years in a clinical risk group
frontline health and social care workers
persons aged 12 to 64 years who are household contacts, of people with immunosuppression
persons aged 16 to 64 years who are carers, and staff working in care homes for older adults

Within County Durham, both GP practices and some community pharmacy sites are offering Covid-19 vaccines. GP practices use local booking systems and will be contacting patients in priority order to book appointments at your GP practices. Community Pharmacy Sites are available to book via the National Booking Site at NHS: Book or manage your coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccination.

Free vaccination

The free Covid-19 vaccination is offered on the NHS - find out more at NHS: Covid-19 vaccination. If you're one of the eligible groups, you should make sure you have all of your Covid-19 vaccinations and boosters to protect yourself and others against the virus.

You may also be eligible for the NHS: flu vaccination.

Related information

Offsite links

NHS: Who can get the coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccine