New Covid Vaccination Centre To Open This Weekend at the Wokingham Library

Wokingham Borough Council have informed me of the opening of a new walk-in Covid-19 vaccination centre at the Wokingham Library. Please see their announcement below:

NEW COVID-19 VACCINATION CENTRE TO OPEN IN WOKINGHAM THIS WEEKEND

*Please note, that due to the severe weather warning made, Oxford Health has made the decision to close all mass vaccination centres and pop up clinics on Friday 18th February, including the new one at Wokingham Library*

A new walk-in Covid-19 vaccination centre will open at the Wokingham Library this Friday (18 February), to help make access to the vaccine easier for residents.

The site will open from 2pm to 7pm on Fridays and 11am to 4.45pm on Saturdays and Sundays, with no appointment necessary. A review of the site will take place after six weeks, so the council is encouraging residents to make good use of the facility.

First, second, and booster doses of the Pfizer vaccine are available to all eligible people, including:

  • Pregnant women
  • 12–15-year-olds
  • People not registered with a GP or those without an NHS number
  • People with no indefinite leave to remain status

Visitors travelling by car can park at Denmark Street Car Park, and more parking options are available across the town.

Cllr Charles Margetts, executive member for health, wellbeing and adult services, said: “One of the cornerstones of moving forward and living with endemic Covid is vaccination.  While the uptake rate is good in the borough, there are still many people who are yet to take up the offer, and we have often felt it would be significantly improved by the provision of more local vaccination centres.

“We have campaigned for months for a standalone vaccination centre in the borough and are pleased that the CCG has agreed to our request. We would encourage all residents to take advantage of this local facility and get vaccinated, and we look forward to welcoming residents in for their jabs.”

Nobody going for their first, second or booster jab will be questioned about why they haven’t had it yet. The onsite staff will be happy to welcome residents. Anyone who has questions about the Covid-19 vaccine can come and chat to the health professionals working at the site or email the council’s vaccine support team on covid.info@wokingham.gov.uk.

“Everyone would like to see the back of the pandemic, but it is important that we don’t lose sight of what protects us from the virus”, said Cllr Margetts. “While Omicron is milder in the sense that it has so far resulted in a lower hospitalisation and death rate than prior variants, it can still make you very sick and it is highly transmissible. The vaccine is what helps make this sickness less serious, reduce transmission and it is still strongly recommended.”

If you tested positive in December and were unable to get your booster, it’s now time to come forward for it (28 days/4 weeks from when you tested positive). Parents, carers and guardians are also encouraged to bring children and young people over the age of 12 to this new site over half term (for 12–15-year-olds this must be 12 weeks from the date of their positive PCR test if they were recently infected).

For Covid-19 vaccine updates in the borough, please keep an eye on the Wokingham Borough Council website: https://www.wokingham.gov.uk/covid-19/testing-and-vaccinations/covid-19-vaccinations/

 

 

4 Comments

  1. Peter Lord
    February 17, 2022

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  2. DavidJ
    February 17, 2022

    It is well past time that government publish the full data in respect of vaccine ill effects so that we can make an informed decision, bearing in mind too that the vaccines have not completed the required normal test period.

  3. LJONES
    February 17, 2022

    ”Parents, carers and guardians are also encouraged to bring children and young people over the age of 12 to this new site over half term (for 12–15-year-olds this must be 12 weeks from the date of their positive PCR test if they were recently infected)”
    (And if they were ”recently infected” we’re told they’d be immune anyway.)

    Adults can make their own considered choice (at the moment) and I’m not an ”anti vaxer” by any means – but why aren’t those with life and death decisions over what is put into children’s developing bodies given FACTS, rather than simply being generally ”encouraged” to hand over their precious children to be injected with what is still an unlicensed substance? The vast majority of our young ones are not in danger from ‘covid’ and those that are would be advised by a doctor anyway. Why not allow them to wait till they’re over 18 to make their own decision based on current information?

    This from the MHRA: ”….a total of 3,252 adverse event reports, comprising 2,962 Pfizer, 254 AstraZeneca, 18 Moderna and 18 unspecified from 3,114,400 children vaccinated. This includes 59 reported cases with Pfizer and one with Moderna of myocarditis/pericarditis, suggesting a current risk of 13 cases per million first doses and 12 per million second doses for this age group.” (under 18 year olds)

  4. Paul Cuthbertson
    February 17, 2022

    TOTALLY unnecessary but unfortunately there are so many people who STILL follow, listen and believe the main stream media.

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