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9:00 AM February 9, 2021
Staff and residents at Oakview Lodge Care Home have received their first jab of the coronavirus vaccine.
- Credit: Country Court Care
Most care home residents in Hertfordshire have now received their first vaccination against COVID-19 according to the county council.
Following a meeting of the council’s adult care and health cabinet panel on Wednesday, February 3, it was confirmed that 81 per cent of residents had received at least one COVID-19 jab
And it was also reported that 40 per cent of care home staff have received the vaccine with ongoing work to encourage further uptake.
In a press conference on Monday, February 1, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said “virtually all eligible care home residents in the UK had been offered a vaccine.