Around two-thirds of eligible residents have had their spring booster
A third of people in Manchester who are eligible for a fourth dose of the Covid jab have still not been vaccinated – a 'cause for concern' as infection rates rise. Only 67.2 pc of the city's population who are aged 75 and over, live in a care home or have a weakened immune system and have had their first three doses of the Covid vaccination, have not come forward for their fourth dose so far.
It comes as the number of Covid cases is rising with a 'significant increase' in infections of the BA.4 and BA.5 sub-variants of Omicron in the last few weeks. Jenny Osborne, who leads Manchester's Covid vaccination programme, shared the figures at a health and wellbeing board meeting today .She said: "This is not the level coverage we would want to see. It means a significant volume of our population who are eligible are unprotected.
The strategic lead for population health programmes in Manchester attributed the low uptake, partly, to the 'general impression' that Covid is no longer a risk. She also said that, particularly for the Pakistani and Bangladeshi populations, many people are away visiting relatives for the first time since the pandemic.There are still regular pop-up vaccination events being held across the city in which people are coming forward for their first or second dose of the vaccine.
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