Frontline charities sign open letter backing COVID-19 vaccination drive

A partnership of frontline health charities has signed an open letter encouraging people with underlying conditions to book in for a COVID-19 vaccine. The charities, including Mencap, Diabetes UK and Lupus UK, have urged people with conditions including cancer, diabetes and heart disease to protect themselves and others around them from the coronavirus by receiving a vaccine. Although over half of those in this priority group – known as cohort six – have already received their first vaccine dose, the charities’ letter is ‘hoped’ to further increase take-up among this group. Cohort six includes individuals aged 16 to 64 years old who have certain long-term conditions, identified by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), that puts them at a higher clinical risk from COVID-19. It also includes carers who are eligible for a carer’s allowance, as well as those who are the sole or primary carer of an ...

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• March 18, 2021