Care home staff and residents vaccinated );
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MOST residents and staff at care homes in the Henley area have now received their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine.
They will have a follow-up injection in early spring and the elderly residents can then look forward to being allowed to see their families in person again, having been in lockdown since March.
Residents at the Henley Manor Care Home in Mill Lane, which is run by the Hallmark group, received their jabs in December when the Pfizer vaccine was the only one available. These were administered by a team from the Hart Surgery.
Guide to the latest coronavirus restrictions and the roadmap out of lockdown ); PRIME Minister Boris Johnson has revealed a “roadmap” for easing coronavirus restrictions in England.
After the first stage next month, further lifting of the rules will happen if certain conditions are met, such as the continuing successful rollout of the covid-19 vaccines.
The aim is for all restrictions to be lifted by June 21 at the earliest. Mr Johnson said that lockdown easing would be “cautious and irreversible”.
Stage one March 8:
re-open.
University students can return for practical courses. There will be a review by the end of the Easter holidays for all other students.
Covid-19 vaccine given to elderly patients );
THE first coronavirus jabs have been administered in the Henley area.
Almost 1,000 elderly patients from the town’s Hart and Bell surgeries, Nettlebed surgery and Sonning Common Health Centre were among the first in Britain to receive their initial dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine on Wednesday.
All the injections were administered at the Henley surgeries off York Road, where volunteer marshals from the Rotary Club of Henley Bridge, the Henley Society and other community groups directed traffic in the car park.
A consulting room at each surgery was set aside for the session so that regular appointments could continue as normal.
Covid-19 vaccine set to be rolled out this week );
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SURGERIES in Henley and the surrounding area will start to roll out the first doses of the coronavirus vaccine this week.
Dedicated vaccination centres have been set up in Henley, Abingdon and Chipping Norton and priority will be given to patients over the age of 80.
The Bell and Hart surgeries in Henley, the Nettlebed Surgery and the Sonning Common Health Centre are all involved in the first tranche of vaccinations.
These areas have been chosen to be part of the first wave of 280 practices across the country, as they have a higher proportion of people considered to be elderly and vulnerable.