Director of Public Health shares vaccination pop-up dates as Covid-19 jab rolled out to 5-11 year olds

Stockport’s Director of Public Health, Jennifer Connolly, has shared the last dates for pop-up vaccination clinics in the borough during April.

The latest clinics taking place across the borough will offer the Covid-19 jab without an appointment to ensure that over-75s and the most clinically vulnerable can easily access an additional booster dose of the vaccine. Children aged 5-11 are also now eligible to receive the first dose of the vaccine, in line with latest guidance from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), from the One Stockport Hub. Clinics will also be open to anyone yet to receive their first, second or booster dose of the Covid-19 jab.

Over the next two weeks, pop-up vaccination clinics will be open at:

• Until April 30 (closed Good Friday) – 9:30am to 5pm Wednesday to Friday and 9:30am to 3:30pm on Saturdays.
  One Stockport Hub, in the former Argos store, in Merseyway, SK1 1RA.
• Monday 11 April from 9:30am to 4:30pm
  Kimberley Street Community Centre, Kimberley Street, Shaw Heath, SK3 8EB
• Tuesday 12 April from 9:30am to 4:30pm
  Cheadle Village Hall, 1 Brook Road, Cheadle, SK8 1PQ
• Wednesday 13 April from 9:30am to 4:30pm
  Woodley Civic Hall, Hyde Road, Woodley, SK6 1QG
• Thursday 14 April from 9:30am to 4:30pm
  Ratcliffe Towers, Bosden Fold, SK1 3PD
• Tuesday, 19 April from 9:30am to 4.30pm
  Stockport County FC, Edgeley Park 16 Hardcastle Rd, Edgeley, Stockport SK3 9DD
• Wednesday, 20 April from 10:30am to 4.30pm
  Heatons Library, Thornfield Road, Heaton Moor, Stockport SK4 3LD
• Thursday, 21 April from 9am to 12pm
  Offerton Commuity Centre, Mallowdale Road, Offerton, Stockport SK2 5NX
• Thursday, 21 April from 1:30-5pm
  Bridgehall Community Centre, Siddington Avenue, Stockport SK3 8NR.

GPs across the borough will also continue to invite eligible patients in for the Covid-19 vaccination, while appointments to get your jab can be booked via the NHS’s National Booking Service or by calling 119.

There is also a walk-in and booked appointments clinic at Trinity Methodist Church, 351 Bramhall Lane, SK3 8TP, open Tuesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 9am-6pm.

Full details of places to get a vaccination in Stockport, including many options available without prior booking, are on the CCG website.

In her weekly statement on the virus, Jennifer Connolly also set out the progress of the vaccination campaign in the borough, and how the coronavirus remains highly prevalent in communities in Stockport. She said:

“So far, 87.4% of those aged 18+ and 87% of those aged 16 plus have received their first dose. Also, 85.3% of those aged 18+ and 84.5% of those aged 16 plus have received their second dose. Also, 64.1% of healthy 12–15-year-olds have had a first dose and 41.7% have had their second dose. In addition, 71.8% of the adult population have had a booster dose and 17% of those aged 16 and 17.

“Rates are still extremely high and are currently at 460.8* per 100,000 population: around 193.1 people per day. This rate is an underestimate in cases as free testing is no longer available. See the latest published data online.

“While free PCR or lateral flow device testing will no longer be available for the majority of the public, there will be some ongoing free testing for those working and residing in a number of settings, such as health and social, as well as at-risk groups. If you do carry out an LFT test, please do continue to report the result.

“The best advice to protect those around you remains that you should self-isolate, if you still have tests and received a positive Covid result, for five days and beyond until you have received two negative tests and if you feel generally unwell with a high temperature you also remain home from work, school or leisure activities until your fever has gone down.”

The government website also provides guidance on what you can do to keep yourself and others safe, including:

• Getting your Covid-19 jab;
• Letting fresh air in if meeting indoors, or meeting outside;
• Wearing a face covering in crowded and enclosed spaces, especially where coming into contact with people they do not usually meet and when rates of transmission are high;
• Washing hands and following advice to “Catch it, Bin it, Kill it”.