More Covid-19 vaccination sites revealed in Norfolk
Almost 40 per cent of over 80s in Norfolk and Waveney have received their first jab against Covid-19
Norfolk and Waveney Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) says around 25,500 people over 80 in the area have received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.
Two additional GP-led vaccination sites, Bowthorpe Medical Practice in Norwich and The Park Surgery in Great Yarmouth, begin operating this week.
10 more sites will join them next week to begin delivering the Oxford/AstraZeneca and Pfizer/Biontech jabs.
In addition to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, and James Paget University Hospital, there will be 21 local vaccination sites in Norfolk and Waveney.
The sites will be:
- Drayton Medical Practice
- Sheringham Medical Practice
- The Market Surgery, Aylsham
- Sole Bay Health Centre, Southwold
- Manor Farm Medical Centre, Swaffham
- Poringland Community Centre, South Norfolk
- Gurney Surgery, Norwich
- Hoveton Village Hall, North Norfolk
- Rossis Leisure, North Walsham
- Snettisham Surgery
- Fakenham Medical Practice
- St James Medical Practice, King's Lynn
- Lionwood Medical Practice, Norwich
- Falkland Surgery, Bradwell
- Swanton Morley Surgery
- Thetford Healthy Living Centre
- Kirkley Mill Surgery, Lowestoft
- Cringleford Surgery
- St John's Surgery, Terrington St John
- Bowthorpe Medical Practice, Norwich
- The Park Surgery Great Yarmouth
Dr Anoop Dhesi, Chair of NHS Norfolk and Waveney CCG, which is co-ordinating the roll-out of the vaccination programme, said: "We’ve made a great start beginning to protect the most vulnerable people. That’s testament to the immense effort made by doctors, nurses and administrators in General Practice, staff in our hospitals and in the clinical commissioning group. But truly this is going to be a marathon not a sprint.
"More GP-led sites are about to open, and these will be followed by more large vaccination centres to drive up the numbers we can vaccinate every day into the many thousands, with a spread of sites reaching into every corner of Norfolk and Waveney."
According to the CCG, hospitals in the area have more Covid-19 positive patients in beds than any point during the pandemic,
People are being urged to continue following the rules, wear a face covering, social distance and regularly wash hands.