THE Covid-19 vaccine is currently being given out to those most vulnerable, with the elderly and health workers first in line. However, there are occasions when leftover doses are being given to those not listed in the first wave of priority groups as set out by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI).
Why are there leftover doses? Doses of the vaccine can be left over when a patient does not turn up for their appointment to receive the jab. Those administering the life-saving vaccine have a choice – either throw it away or find someone else to have it.
Almost a third (29 per cent) agreed that their sleep had worsened during the pandemic Nearly half of Hampshire residents aren’t getting a good night’s sleep, according to a health specialist. Big Health, who provides digital Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), surveyed 1,500 Hampshire adults about their sleep, revealing a 46 per cent of are currently experiencing poor sleep. Almost a third (29 per cent) agreed that their sleep had worsened during the pandemic. Their findings found 84 per cent of Hampshire adults are now getting less than the recommended 7-9 hours of sleep every night, amounting to 1.95 million hours of sleep lost per night.
MORE than 30,000 people have now been vaccinated at a hub in Basingstoke, according to the town s MP. Maria Miller said that the Hampshire GP vaccine hub, operating at Hampshire Court Hotel, has now administered the Covid-19 vaccine to at least 30,000 people since it was set up on December 16. She said the hub has been used to vaccinate vulnerable groups as quickly as possible , adding: The UK has already vaccinated more than the rest of Europe combined , with 1.3million now having received their first dose. She was questioned why some vulnerable people had not yet received the vaccine, and said: The group being vaccinated at the moment is the over 80s. We have a population that is older than other parts of the country so more people fall into this group.