Wales: Winter Respiratory Vaccinations
The Welsh Governnment have published their Winter respiratory vaccination strategy.
Health and Social Care Workers will be eligible for both flu and COVID-19 vaccinations in autumn.
In line with JCVI advice, the following will be eligible for COVID vaccination:
- residents and staff working in care homes for older adults
- frontline health and social care workers
- all adults aged 50 years and over
- persons aged 5 to 49 years in a clinical risk group, including pregnant women
- persons aged 5 to 49 years who are household contacts of people with immunosuppression or carers
And the following for flu vaccination:
- people aged 50 years and older
- staff in nursing homes and care homes with regular client contact
- staff providing frontline NHS/Primary care services, healthcare workers with direct patient contact
- staff providing domiciliary care
- people aged six months to 49 years in a clinical risk group
- individuals experiencing homelessness
- pregnant women
- carers
- people with a learning disability
- people with a severe mental illness
The aim is to offer all eligible individuals the COVID vaccine by November and the flu vaccine by December.
