All 16 and 17-year-olds to be offered Covid-19 vaccination
Poster information
Posted on: Thursday 05 August 2021
All teenagers aged 16 and 17 in Bridgend County Borough will be offered Covid-19 vaccinations in line with the latest advice from the Joint Committee for Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI).
It will see an initial dose of Pfizer vaccine being offered to all 16 and 17 year olds who haven’t been vaccinated. Some 16-17 year olds who are in ‘at-risk’ groups have already been eligible for two doses of the vaccine.
In a statement, Minister for Health and Social Services Eluned Morgan said: “Welsh Government is working with the NHS on the arrangements needed to offer the vaccination to all 16 and 17 year olds in line with the JCVI advice.”
Almost 200,000 vaccine doses have now been distributed to people in Bridgend County Borough with over 93,000 in the area now fully vaccinated against Covid-19.
The latest figures from Cwm Taf Morgannwg Health Board show that 80 per cent of adults (ages 18 to 80 and over) in the region have been fully vaccinated while almost 90 per cent of adults have had their first dose.
The first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine is also now available for 17-year-olds approaching their 18th birthday. If you or your child is set to turn 18 on or before October 31 2021, you/they are entitled to attend any of Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board’s community vaccination centres to have their first vaccine.
Any adults or ‘nearly 18-year-olds’ who have not had the first dose can walk into a Covid-19 Vaccination Centre and have the Pfizer jab there and then. With no prior booking required, the walk-in appointments are available at the majority of community vaccination centres within the region. Anyone who wishes to take advantage of the first dose walk-in appointment will need to bring along a form of ID such as a passport, drivers licence or a utility bill for proof of address.
This includes Ravens Court in Bridgend town centre (CF31 4AP) where the walk-in appointments are available between 9.15am and 4.30pm. Details of other vaccination centres in the region are available on the health board’s website which is updated weekly.