Those aged between 50 and 64 are being encouraged to get the jab to protect against Covid-19 and flu, and to help ease pressure on the NHS.

Scots over the age of 50 to be offered winter vaccines from Monday

The number of cases of Covid-19 in the county has fallen. People are being urged to carry on following guidence and to get vaccinated against Covid-19 and flu.

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The call has come out from one of the county's NHS trusts, which is running catch-up clinics for anyone who misses treatment in school.

Cumbrian parents urged to make sure their children get flu vaccine

A Pharmacist prepares the vaccine in a pop-up Vaccination clinic at the Oxford Brookes University Headington Campus in Oxford. Unvaccinated university students have been urged to get a Covid jab in freshers' week to protect themselves and their peers against the virus. Picture date: Friday September 17, 2021. Steve Parsons/PA

The county council has said it's more important than ever for the post-lockdown winter.

Cumbrians urged to get flu jab

Those eligible for a free flu vaccine are being told by GPs that this year it is more important than ever to get the vaccine as soon as they can.

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The health board said it received over sixty thousand calls and four thousand emails in three days after letters were sent out.

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