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Health bosses have told people over the age of 80 not to panic if they haven’t been contacted about the coronavirus vaccine, as it is revealed that most of them won’t take a hit until the New Year when the new year begins. mass immunization.
The vaccines will be administered at dozens of hospitals starting Tuesday, in what Matt Hancock has called ‘V-Day’, with people 80 and older, nursing home staff and NHS workers most at risk at the forefront of The tail.
Chris Hopson, executive director of NHS Providers, said people should “hang up the fire” and rest assured that they have not been forgotten, despite not receiving a letter or phone call about the vaccine.
He told the Palestinian Authority news agency: ‘I don’t think people should expect anything in the next few days because the reality is, as I said, that for the vast, vast, vast majority of people this will be done in January, February March.
And the one thing we don’t want people to get anxious or worried about is ‘Where’s my letter?’ in December.’ He added: ‘People really shouldn’t worry if you’re over 80 and haven’t received a letter.
I’m sure there will be communications over the next several weeks that will tell people how fast we are getting over 80, and there will be a lot of communications to say, at the right point, if you haven’t had a letter then you should speak to your doctor about header, but we are many weeks away from that.
Health chiefs have told people over 80 not to panic if they haven’t been contacted about the coronavirus vaccine, as it is revealed that most of them won’t take a hit until the New Year.
A graph shows where the 50 NHS centers, special jab centers and GP clinics offering the vaccine are located next week.
A chart shows the order of priority in which the vaccine will be implemented, starting with residents in residences.
A Croydon Health Services pharmacy technician (left) receives the first batch of Covid-19 vaccines to be delivered to the area at Croydon University Hospital in Croydon
‘So like I said, people just need to hang up the fire and wait for proactive communication.
‘If that hasn’t happened, don’t worry, we haven’t forgotten, and we will certainly tell you at the moment that you should start to worry if you haven’t been contacted, but it will be many, many weeks away.
The UK has ordered 40 million doses of the Pfizer / BioNTech jab, enough to vaccinate 20 million people as people need two doses. There are 800,000 doses in the first tranche, which means that initially 400,000 people will be vaccinated.
The photographs show masked pharmacy technicians at Croydon University Hospital in Croydon receiving the first shipment of the Pfizer jab, which has been shown to be 95 percent effective in blocking infection, over the weekend.
They had to overcome a complex and difficult logistical challenge when receiving the vaccine, which must be stored at –70 ° C before being thawed and can only be moved four times before being used.
It is distributed by Public Health England and the NHS in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland through systems specially adapted from those used for national immunization programs. NHS England said staff were working through the weekend to prepare for the launch.
There are 50 centers in the first wave of the vaccination program in England, and more hospitals will start vaccinating in the coming weeks and months as the program intensifies.
They had to overcome a complex and difficult logistical challenge when receiving the vaccine, which must be stored at -70 ° C before thawing and can only be moved four times before being used.
Today there have been 231 more deaths from coronavirus with 17,272 new daily cases, a sharp increase from the 12,155 new cases last Sunday (in the photo: training at the Covid-19 Vaccination Clinic at Coventry University Hospital)
Official figures released today also revealed that another 231 people died after testing positive for Covid-19, an increase of 7.4 percent from the 215 deaths reported last Sunday.
It is not known exactly when the 50 centers will receive the vaccine doses, as they are beginning to deliver the jab at different times, but deliveries are expected to occur during the week.
NHS Providers Deputy Executive Director Saffron Cordery said many hospitals have received their allocation of 800,000 and she expects there to be up to four million doses in the country by the end of December.
It comes as the head of the UK drug regulator said “there should be no question” about the safety of the Covid-19 jab after Britain became the first country to authorize the jab for emergency use.
Dr June Raine, Executive Director of the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said there should be “ real confidence ” in the rigor of its approval amid fears that the UK has not analyzed the data from manufacturers in order to become the first country in which the world approves its use.
The MHRA vigorously disputes any claims that it has cut corners, saying its decision went through a series of panels before being approved. When asked on the BBC’s Andrew Marr about the importance of the public health message in making sure people actually get vaccinated, Dr Raine said: “It is vitally important.
“There are really none of us who have not been affected by this pandemic, and our organization, like all others, has been completely focused on doing our job to help defeat this terrible disease.”
The government said another 231 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Sunday, bringing the UK total to 61,245.
