Covid-19

Symptoms of coronavirus

Main symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19)

The main symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19) are:

  • a high temperature – this means you feel hot to touch on your chest or back (you do not need to measure your temperature)
  • a new, continuous cough – this means coughing a lot for more than an hour, or 3 or more coughing episodes in 24 hours (if you usually have a cough, it may be worse than usual)
  • a loss or change to your sense of smell or taste – this means you've noticed you cannot smell or taste anything, or things smell or taste different to normal

COVID Spring Booster Campaign 2025

The Central Vaccination Team will be delivering the Spring Booster Campaign from 1st April 2025.

The announced cohorts for the Spring 2025 programme will be as follows:

  • Adults aged 75 years and over (this includes those who will turn 75 by June 2025).
  • Residents in care homes for older adults
  • Individuals aged 6 months and over who are immunosuppressed (as defined in COVID-19 green book, chapter 14a).

Housebound Patients:

The Central Vaccination Team will deliver the Care Home and Housebound Vaccinations on behalf of all City and Hackney Practices (automatic OPT IN). The Call and Recall Team have started call-outs and booking visits for the Housebound Campaign.

Non-Housebound Patients:

On-site clinics will be available at Richmond Road Medical Centre and participating Community Pharmacies from April 1st 2025.

WALK-IN Clinic times at RRMC as follows:

Further information on the Campaign can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-vaccination-in-2025-and-spring-2026-jcvi-advice/jcvi-statement-on-covid-19-vaccination-in-2025-and-spring-2026

Page last reviewed: 01 March 2022
Page created: 01 March 2022