More than 28,000 people in Lanarkshire receive their first Covid-19 vaccination

vaccine  dose now stood at 839,226 alongside a clapping hands emoji. The Government has faced claims of sluggishness over the vaccine rollout in relation to other parts of the UK.Ministers were also hit by claims last week that unused vaccines were being dumped,However, the numbers have increased substantially in recent days.

direct to your inboxHealth chiefs in Tameside are aiming to get ‘100 per cent’ of the top priority groups vaccinated against Covid-19 as more than 39,000 receive their first dose. A meeting of the primary care committee was told that as of Monday, February 1, there has been ‘high uptake’ for the vaccine among eligible residents in Tameside and Glossop.

link!On Wednesday, a further 168 coronavirus cases were confirmed in Lanarkshire and 12 more deaths were recorded.In total, 33,391 people in the region have now tested positive for coronavirus and 1059 people have died.

For the latest news from in and around Wigan sign up to the MyWigan newsletter hereMore than 47,000 doses of the coronavirus vaccine have now been administered in Wigan, with all care home residents and staff covered.By the end of the weekend (January 31), 35,500 vaccines had been given out to people in the first four priority cohort groups across the borough.This includes people aged 70 and above, as well as anyone considered to be clinically extremely vulnerable according to the national

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direct to your inboxMore than 33,500 people in Trafford have already received their first dose of coronavirus vaccine.The ambition in the UK is that every adult across the UK will be offered a coronavirus vaccine during 2021.Martyn Pritchard, from Trafford Clinical Commissioning Group, said the task of the vaccination programme must not be underestimated.He said: “We will offer vaccination in line with need, working our way through the JCVI cohorts in order, in lockstep with the rest of the NHS

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.More than 28,000 people in Lanarkshire have now received their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine.The health board’s roll out of the jab is now set to move into its second phase from next month, which will see those over 70 and people who are currently shielding offered appointments.Dr Mark Russell, associate medical director Health and Social Care North Lanarkshire, who is leading on the delivery of the

direct to your inboxMore than 300,000 people have received their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine so far in Greater Manchester.As of Tuesday (January 26), 309,469 first doses of the vaccine had been administered and 96pc of care homes have now been offered the vaccine.Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has praised the progress of the rollout, saying the region is in a good position to reach the mid-February deadline.There are around 560,000 people in the four highest priority groups

direct to your inbox The number of people who have died in the UK as a result of coronavirus has now passed 100,000.

South Lanarkshire, the stats showed 9335 days were missed in 2017/2018, before a leap to 15,643 in 2018/2019. That number then dipped slightly to 13,378 for the curtailed 2019/2020 year, with 3745 absences already recorded to date for 2020/2021.Andy Harvey, of the South Lanarkshire branch of the EIS teaching union.

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direct to your inboxThere's a moment, says paramedic Ken Hodkinson, when a family says goodbye to a patient with suspected Covid."You see it suddenly strike home that they may not see their loved one again, especially if they are elderly or frail."It's a sadness when you are taking a patient from their family and they don't know whether it's the last time they will see their mother, father, auntie or uncle again.

direct to your inboxMore than 14,000 people in Tameside have received the Covid-19 jab as the borough pushes ‘ahead of the curve’ and bosses now want to see teachers immunised to ‘stop the damage’ to young people.By the end of Friday a huge 16,000 residents of Tameside and Glossop will have received the first dose of either the Pfizer/BioNTech or the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine.And a further 2,000 have already received their second dose which should guarantee up to 95pc immunity from the

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For the latest news from in and around Wigan sign up to the MyWigan newsletter hereMore than 7,000 doses of the coronavirus vaccine have been administered so far across Wigan with thousands more expected to be vaccinated this week.Approximately 4,000 vaccines had been administered by GPs and their staff at centres in Wigan and Leigh by Friday, including 400 care home workers.Most of those vaccinated at these two vaccination centres – Robin Park Leisure Centre in Wigan and Leigh Leisure Centre –

direct to your inboxPeople could receive 'multiple invites' for coronavirus jabs due to a cross-over between national and local vaccination programmes.A GP practice in South Manchester has warned patients that they could be contacted more than once in the early stages of the vaccination roll-out.Barlow Medical Centre on Wilmslow Road published a statement on its website stating: "We will be running our vaccination programme alongside the national vaccination campaign so you may receive multiple