Oxford coronavirus vaccine will go to care home residents and staff first, Health Secretary says

Steve Martin received the coronavirus vaccine over the weekend in New York City. The comedian-actor, 75, detailed the experience on Twitter and called it "smooth as silk." "Good news/Bad news.

direct to your inboxMore than half of people over 80 and care home residents have received the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine in England.Health secretary Matt Hancock provided an update at a daily press briefing at Downing Street this evening.Mr Hancock confirmed that more than four million people have now been vaccinated and that half of people over 80 and care home residents had received their first dose.The Government said the over-70s and the clinically vulnerable were now receiving the

direct to your inboxThere are more people in UK hospitals with coronavirus than at any other time during the pandemic - with a person admitted every 30 seconds.Health Secretary Matt Hancock gave the update during a Downing Street press conference this evening (January 18).A further 599 people have died after testing positive for coronavirus, according to the latest Government figures.Mr Hancock said the NHS is currently under “significant pressure” throughout the country.There are currently

Hamilton’s Abercorn Care Home resident Annie Innes, 90, became the first person in a care home to receive the vaccine.Trudi Marshall, Health & Social Care North Lanarkshire nurse director, who is managing the care home vaccination programme across the whole of Lanarkshire, said: “We very rapidly scaled up our nursing workforce and carried out detailed planning in a very short time to enable us to roll the vaccinations out to some of our most vulnerable residents.“We have been vaccinating every

Lanarkshire care home residents have been vaccinated.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.NHS Lanarkshire has now completed administering the first dose of its coronavirus vaccine to eligible care home residents.Hamilton’s Abercorn care home was the first in Scotland to have residents vaccinated in min-December with 90 year old Annie Innes being the country’s first care home resident to receive the vaccine.Since then, almost 2,990 Lanarkshire care home residents have been vaccinated.The first

direct to your inboxAll care home residents and staff in Trafford have already been offered the COVID-19 vaccine.It is understood that around 12,500 people have already been vaccinated across the borough and Altrincham GPs are planning to have all of their over-80s and care home residents vaccinated by this weekend.This week, Martyn Pritchard, Accountable Officer for Trafford Clinical Commissioning Group, also confirmed all care home residents across Trafford have now been invited for at least

Steve Martin took to Twitter on Sunday to share some good news and bad news with his fans. As for the good news, the iconic movie star said he's received the COVID-19 vaccination.

Steve Martin is sharing his experience with the coronavirus vaccine.

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direct to your inboxClutching her comfort doll, Sheila Butler, 90, was among the first to receive the vaccine at her care home. It means she, and her 31 fellow residents at Bowfell House in Urmston, finally have a crucial layer of protection against a virus which has had such a brutal impact on care homes.

coronavirus Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine will be made available in more that 1,000 locations across Scotland from Monday, the Scottish Government have announced.The injection, which was approved by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) on December 30, has already been administered in the Tayside, Lothian, Orkney and Highlands health boards.The news of the rollout comes after Nicola Sturgeon confirmed over 110,000 people have received the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine since it

direct to your inbox Every elderly care home resident will be offered coronavirus vaccine by the end of this month, the Prime Minister has announced.

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direct to your inboxThis is the moment a patient became the first in the world to receive the Covid-19 vaccine that was invented in the UK.Dialysis patient Brian Pinker received his jab at 7.30am on Monday from nurse Sam Foster at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s Churchill Hospital.Mr Pinker, 82, has been receiving dialysis for kidney disease for a number of years at the hospital.The retired maintenance manager said the jab will give him peace of mind as he continues to receive

direct to your inboxBatches of the newly approved coronavirus vaccine from Oxford University and AstraZeneca have started arriving at hospitals ahead of the jab’s rollout.Some 530,000 doses of the vaccine will be available for rollout across the UK from Monday, with vulnerable groups already identified as the priority for immunisation.The NHS will be the first health service in the world to deliver the jab, which was approved last week, in the next stage of the phased vaccine programme.The first

For all the latest news from in and around Bolton, sign up for the free MyBolton newsletterThe first of Bolton's care home residents have now received their first doses of the coronavirus vaccine.Around 75 residents and staff at the Old Vicarage care home on Ivy Bank Road got their jabs on Wednesday, December 30.It is part of a gradual roll-out of vaccines which will continue into 2021, with other care residents across the borough set to receive their jab.Dr Stephen Liversedge, clinical director

direct to your inboxThe first care home residents in Stockport have been vaccinated against coronavirus.Elderly people at Brinnington Hall were given their first dose of the Pfizer/BionNtech vaccine yesterday (Wednesday).The home, in Middlesex Road, specialises in care for the over-65s and those living with dementia.Residents had been eagerly awaiting news of when they would get the jab and were thrilled to find out they were the first in line in Stockport.Margaret Harley, who has lived at