Covid-19 booster jab: Where can I get a jab in Bristol this week

There are currently five ‘pop up clinics’ across Bristol where you can receive a Covid-19 booster jab.

Last week, the region’s director of public health, Christina Gray, told BristolWorld that taking up their booster was one of the way residents could help relieve pressure on the NHS as hospitals in the city entered their highest level or alert.

She said: “We live in an era where millions of lives have been saved across the globe from vaccination.

“First, second, third, booster. Wherever you are in that process, clinically vulnerable or not, go out and get it.

“We have set up local walk-in clinics so if you are eligible for a first, second or booster shot you can get it quickly (the third ones are for the clinically extremely vulnerable, so you would have to go to your GP for that).”

Health Secretary Sajid Javid has also strongly urged whoever is eligible to receive the COVID-19 booster jab to go out and get it.

The Health Secretary said: “We know immunity begins to wane after six months, especially for the elderly and the vulnerable, and booster vaccines will top-up their protection to keep people safe over the winter.

“I strongly urge everybody who is eligible for a COVID-19 booster or flu vaccine to take up the offer as soon as you can.

“For those not yet eligible, please help your parents, grandparents or vulnerable loved ones get their jabs, it could save their life.”

People in the categories below are eligible for the vaccine:

• people aged 50 and over
• people who live and work in care homes
• frontline health and social care workers
• people aged 16 and over with a health condition that puts them at high risk of getting seriously ill from COVID-19
• people aged 16 and over who are a main carer for someone at high risk from COVID-19
• people aged 16 and over who live with someone who is more likely to get infections (such as someone who has HIV, has had a transplant or is having certain treatments for cancer, lupus or rheumatoid arthritis)

People who are pregnant and in one of the eligible groups above can also get a booster dose.

There are currently seven locations in Bristol where you can receive a booster jab without booking an appointment, these are listed below.

• Cabot Circus, Broadmead, next to Five Guys and Claire’s, Bristol, BS1 3BD

• Bristol Rapid Testing Centre, 17-18 Wellington Road, Bristol, BS2 9DA

• Easton Christian Family Centre, Beaufort Street Easton, Bristol, BS5 0SQ

• UWE Vaccination Centre, Coldharbour Ln, Stoke Gifford, Bristol, BS34 8QZ

• Longwell Green Commuity Centre, Shellards Road, Longwell Green, Bristol, BS30 9DU