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A volunteer administers a Covid vaccine
More than 40,000 people in the Rochdale borough have now received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, as of Thursday (18 February).
Residents over the age of 70, care home residents and staff, frontline health and social care workers and the clinically extremely vulnerable have now been invited for their first jab.
Invites are now being extended to residents aged 65-69, those aged 16-64 in at-risk groups, and carers of older and disabled people for their first vaccination.
NHS staff, GPs and volunteers have been praised after the number of residents across the borough of Rochdale who have received a first dose of the vaccine has now exceeded 40,000.
Over 38,000 people have received first Covid-19 vaccination Date published: 12 February 2021
Mayor of Rochdale, Billy Sheerin gets his vaccination at Number One Riverside
More than 38,000 people in the Rochdale borough have now received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, as of Friday (12 February).
Residents who are over 70, along with health and social care workers and people in the clinically extremely vulnerable category are the priority groups currently being invited for a vaccine. The next group to be invited for a vaccination will be people in group five - people aged 65-69.
Over 70s and health and social care workers are being invited to phone or email to book a vaccination appointment.
27,000 people in top four priority groups vaccinated Date published: 29 January 2021
A patient receiving a vaccination at the mass vaccination centre in east Manchester
More than 27,000 people in the borough have now received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.
In England, over 5.7million people have received at least one dose of the vaccine since vaccinations began on 8 December.
The top four priority groups that are being targeted to receive at least the first dose of a vaccine before 15 February include (in priority order):
residents in a care home for older adults and their carers
people aged 80 years and over
11,000 residents in top three priority groups vaccinated Date published: 22 January 2021
The vaccine is typically delivered by a simple injection in the shoulder
So far, more than 11,000 people in the borough have received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine - including residents of 50 of the 57 local care homes.
The majority of over 80-year-old residents in the borough have now received their first vaccination.
In an update to councillors, Rochdale Council chief executive Steve Rumbelow said: It is expected that all care home residents and staff will have received the vaccination by the end of January. Housebound and supported living residents are now starting to be vaccinated and this group is expected to be completed by the end of next week (Friday 29 January).