Second covid vaccine due to arrive in Bolton this week - speeding up the roll out

direct to your inboxA Salford University expert on viruses has warned that we could end up back at 'square one' if people having the Covid vaccine don't get a second dose.Dr Chloe James, a senior lecturer on infection and immunity, fears that with a 12-week gap between doses, the second appointment could 'fall off people's radar'.Amid the new virus variant, which is much more contagious, ministers made the decision at the start of the month to prolong second doses of the vaccine, so that all

link.It is hoped to finish these groups by early February, after which NHS Lanarkshire will then move on to inviting people in wave two.

direct to your inboxA new coronavirus vaccination hub has opened in Littleborough.Based at the leisure centre in Calderbrook Road, it is the fourth community site now operating in Rochdale.More than 8.500 older people in the borough have had their first dose, with all care home residents and staff are expected to have received the jab by the end of January.The arrival of a new site in the Pennines is a further boost to the borough's vaccination programme, as well as providing extra convenience

Ayrshire, hospital numbers are surging as infections show no signs of abating for the time being. National Records of Scotland data shows the second wave has seen more deaths than the first in the region.Here we take a look at hospital patient numbers, deaths in the region and the cases that have been surging across Ayrshire that appear to be making the second wave worst than the first..

direct to your inboxA doctor has railed against the delay of the second Covid-19 vaccine dose and warned breaking consent with patients is close to ‘moral injury’.The government and NHS England has ruled that GPs must move the second dose of the vaccine to 12 weeks after the first, instead of the originally planned three-week gap.And from Monday, January 11 they were informed that they had to postpone any second dose vaccines they had originally booked within the timeframe.Since December 15,

direct to your inboxPrimary healthcare staff and patients across Trafford are celebrating a busy few weeks administering COVID-19 vaccines.Sale Primary Care Network thanked its staff for working hard throughout the pandemic, particularly for their efforts distributing jabs in the last few weeks.The team managed to vaccinate 800 people in one day alone.In a tweet, a spokesperson for the network said: “Fantastic team effort from everyone as we vaccinated over 800 people in an attempt to protect

direct to your inboxFrontline medical staff treating Covid patients at Greater Manchester hospitals have been told they must wait 11 weeks for their second doses of the Pfizer vaccine.It was reported last month that the government intended to extend the period between jabs from three or four weeks to as many as 12 to maximise those receiving the first dose amid the rise of a mutant strain.This means the second dose of both the Oxford/AstraZeneca and the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines will be within

President-elect Joe Biden released a crucial element of his new coronavirus vaccine plan Friday, as his office announced he doesn’t intend to hold back doses of the authorized vaccines to ensure that people already vaccinated have a waiting dose for a second shot. This is a reversal of what the Trump administration has been doing.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.NHS Lanarkshire is getting ready to vaccinate those aged 80 years of age and over as it rolls out the Oxford AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine into GP and community settings from January 11.With mainland Scotland now in lockdown, Mark Russell, Associate Medical Director from NHS Lanarkshire today reminded those eligible who will be invited in the coming weeks, that getting the COVID-19 vaccine is a permissible