BMA Cymru call for clarity over FM's comments on Pfizer jab roll out
Mark Drakeford denies the vaccine is being held back
The head of the British Medical Association in Wales says he's concerned and is looking for clarity following the First Minister's comments on the roll out of the one of the Covid 19 jabs.
Yesterday, Mark Drakeford said the Pfizer jab would have to last until February and isn't being used all at once but then later said that vaccines weren't being held back
Dr David Bailey, Chair of the BMA in Wales said: "I’m deeply concerned by the comments I’ve heard today and advise Welsh Government to look again at the roll-out strategy.
"For the First Minister to say that there is ‘no point’ in using all the supplies in a week to ensure vaccinators aren’t standing around with nothing to do is truly bewildering.
"Frontline staff are risking their lives to help others - the priority must be to get the second dose administered to those who have received the first, and to accelerate first doses for all remaining vaccinations to ensure maximum protection for staff and patients.
We are asking Welsh Government to stop sitting on supplies and get on with it."
Dr Bailey also said that the BMA has weekly talks with the health minister and the subject would be raised with him.
Vaughan Gething says vaccines are being rolled out as soon as possible.