Teams are preparing for the vaccinations between Christmas and New Year. And two more GP-led community sites will start vaccinating those ages over 80 and health care staff. Dave Partlow, Somerset County Council s (SCC) strategic manager for adult social care, said they cannot wait to start the vaccinations. We are starting with larger homes that care for people with dementia because higher rates of COVID-19 can occur in these homes where it is more difficult to contain, he said. However, I want to be really clear with our message to all other care homes – this is just the start of our vaccination programme and we will come to you as soon as possible.”
Danny Herman A Holocaust survivor who used his international sprinting skills to inspire Man City legends Mike Summerbee, Colin Bell and Francis Lee has become Trafford’s first patient to receive the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine. Eighty-five-year-old Danny Herman, who represented Team GB in the 60-yard dash, said he was “delighted to come first for a change!” referring to his sprinting loss to an American rival in 1965. He said: “This is a historic occasion which hopefully signals the start of a new chapter with the vaccination providing a chance to get back to normal life.” Danny and his wife Patricia, 82, from Bowdon, were the first two patients in Trafford to receive the potentially life-saving vaccination at Altrincham Health and Wellbeing Centre on Wednesday morning (16 December).
First patients to receive vaccines in Altrincham GP surgeries tomorrow
Those aged 80 and over will be first in line
07:18, 15 DEC 2020
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Trafford’s first patients in the community will be vaccinated against Covid-19 from as soon as tomorrow morning.
It’s been confirmed that patients over the age of 80 at GPs in Altrincham will be the first in Trafford to receive the new vaccine across the borough.