More than 150,000 people across Lancashire and south Cumbria have now received their Covid booster.

With thousands of doses being administered every single day, and demand reportedly high in the area, health chiefs say they are confident they can offer the top up jab to the majority of those eligible by the end of December.

There are multiple locations across Lancashire and south Cumbria offering the Covid-19 vaccine booster, along with first and second doses, ranging from primary care network sites (led by GPs), community pharmacies, hospital hubs, and large-scale vaccination centres.

Where people cannot easily get to the vaccine, the vaccine is taken to them with pop-up clinics, vaccine buses, and teams going out to visit housebound patients.

Jane Scattergood, senior responsible officer for Lancashire and South Cumbria Vaccination Programme, said: “Demand for the booster has been extremely high, and as soon as eligible people are getting their booster invites they are finding a venue handy for them and booking straight in.

“It means we’re getting through thousands of boosters a day. And coupled with the annual flu vaccination programme in full swing and first and second Covid-19 doses, that’s a lot of jabs!

“With Covid-19 still spreading in our communities, and other winter bugs including flu beginning to circulate, we are making sure that our most vulnerable citizens are protected.”

Eligible individuals can book an appointment at www.nhs.uk/book-covid-booster or can book by phoning 119.

Those who are eligible for a booster at least six months on from their second dose include:

• Those living in residential care homes for older adults

• All adults aged 50 years or over

• Frontline health and social care workers

• All those aged 16 to 49 years with underlying health conditions that put them at higher risk of severe COVID-19, and adult carers

• Adult household contacts of immunosuppressed individuals.