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The NHS is offering the COVID-19 vaccine to children and young people

COVID-19 vaccination: a guide for eligible children and young people aged 16 to 17 (opens in a new window)

COVID-19 vaccination: A guide for children and young people (opens in a new window)

Some vaccination sites are available for young people aged 16 and 17.

Find your nearest walk-in vaccination site (opens a new window) 

If you’re under 16 and eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine (opens a new window), you cannot use these walk-in sites to get vaccinated. Please wait to be contacted by the NHS.

Having just one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine reduces the risk of:

Catching the virus by at least 50%, hospitalisation and long Covid! Dr Nighat Arif explains why 16 to17 year olds should get the COVID-19 vaccine.

Watch Dr Nighat Arif talk about the vaccine via Facebook

Find a walk in vaccination centre

Long Covid

Young COVID-19 patients share their stories and their experiences of suffering debilitating Long Covid symptoms in this powerful video.

Watch young COVID-19 patients stories

Still have questions about the vaccine?

Jonathan Van-Tam, England’s Deputy Chief Medical Officer takes audience questions on the vaccine in special collaboration between the BBC News Channel and Radio 1 Newsbeat.

Watch 'Your questions answered' on BBC iPlayer

Need more information about the COVID-19 vaccination?

• COVID-19 vaccinations
• Over 18s Q&A
• Your guide to the vaccination
• Easy read guide to vaccination (PDF)
• GOV.UK guide to the vaccination (PDF)

Pregnancy and the vaccine

New data shows most pregnant women hospitalised with COVID-19 have not had a jab. It is important to have both doses of your COVID-19 vaccine to protect you and your unborn baby.

If you are pregnant, thinking about having a baby, or breastfeeding, you can still have the Covid-19 vaccine.

GOV.UK Covid-19 vaccination pregnancy guide

Stay healthy, get tested!

Keep up with twice weekly testing and protect your grandparents, parents and guardians.

• How you can get free rapid tests
• What test to take if I have symptoms
• Why should I self-isolate
• Find where to get rapid lateral flow tests - NHS
• How to avoid spreading the virus

Emotional Health & Wellbeing

If you’re going through a difficult time or struggling to understand how you are feeling, these links can help you.

• Mind for young people
• Samaritans for young people
• Young Minds – Look after yourself
• The Children’s Society for Young People
• Kooth – Online mental wellbeing community
• Worcestershire Healthy Minds
• Reading Well in Worcestershire Libraries

Keen to keep active and stay fit?

There’s loads to do across Worcestershire this summer to help your wellbeing.

• Find sports activities, clubs and events
• Download the Couch to 5k app
• Try out these home workouts
• Looking for a new hobby this summer?

Don’t get caught out, follow these tips and keep life moving

• get vaccinated
• let fresh air in or meet outside
• take an LFT twice a week
• check-in with the app
• wear a face covering in crowded public spaces
• regularly wash your hands
• cover your mouth when you cough or sneeze
• if you have mild COVID19 symptoms, take a PCR test and stay home

Find out more on the Coronavirus page Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Going out?

Remember there are lots of things you can do to protect yourself and those around you:

Wear a face covering, take a test and make sure you get both doses of the vaccine.

Read the room

Not everyone will be comfortable with things going back to ‘normal’

When catching up with friends, Read the Room

• Is everyone comfortable with the situation?
• Are windows open?
• Could you sit outside?

This could help put minds at ease and reduce the potential spread of Covid-19