Updated: Monday 12 March 2024
- In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, people who are eligible for Covid-19 treatments can collect free lateral flow tests from local community pharmacies. This will replace the previous process of ordering tests online and via 119. More details are available from the following websites for England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
- In Scotland, people who are eligible for Covid-19 treatments can order free lateral flow tests online from the NHS Scotland Portal.
- Arrangements for eligible people to access assessment for one of the Covid-19 treatments vary across the UK. Please see our section on accessing treatments for more information.
- The government have announced a spring booster Covid-19 vaccine will be offered to the following groups later in April 2024:
- Adults aged 75 years and over
- Residents in a care home for older adults
- Individuals aged 6 months and over who are immunosuppressed.
- The spring 2024 booster should be offered around six months after the last vaccine dose and with a minimum gap of three months. Details about when and how people can access the vaccine will be announced in due course.
- Household contacts of people who are immunosuppressed will not be offered the spring 2024 booster. The JCVI have focused this seasonal booster on people most at risk of severe outcomes from Covid-19 and who, as time passes, may have reduced immunity from their autumn/winter 2023 booster.