COVID INFORMATION & UPDATES

Elm Grove RA for schools during COVID pandemic March 2022

The main symptoms of COVID are:

• continuous cough
• high temperature, fever or chills
• loss of, or change in, your normal sense of taste or smell
• shortness of breath
• unexplained tiredness, lack of energy
• muscle aches or pains that are not due to exercise
• not wanting to eat or not feeling hungry
• headache that is unusual or longer lasting than usual
• sore throat, stuffy or runny nose
• diarrhoea, feeling sick or being sick

COVID Vaccination Information

UPDATE: On Wednesday 16 February, the government accepted the advice from the independent JCVI to make a non-urgent offer of COVID-19 vaccines to all children aged 5 to 11 in England. The JCVI advice follows a thorough review by the UK’s independent medicines regulator, the MHRA, which approved Pfizer’s paediatric vaccine, as safe and effective for children aged 5 to 11.

FREE Covid-19 vaccinations are available to children and young people aged 12-17 years, and any adult over 18. You can book your vaccination today or visit a walk in vaccination site. More information on vaccinating children and young people can be found here (https://www.sussexhealthandcare.uk/covid-19-vaccination/aged-12-to-17/).

• Walk in vaccination site in Brighton & Hove (18+)
• Walk in vaccination site in Brighton & Hove (12-17yrs)
• Book your 1st or 2nd vaccine dose

The Autumn COVID-19 booster vaccine campaign is now also underway. Those in line for a booster jab include everyone aged 50 and over, frontline health and social care workers and those aged between 16 and 49 with an underlying health condition putting them at greater risk from the virus. More information can be found on the Sussex Health and Care Partnership website.