The Alfred Barrow Health Centre has been praised for its delivery of the coronavirus vaccine by a councillor who received his first jab there. The health centre has been providing the Covid-19 vaccine to patients in the Barrow area since December 15 after being selected as part of the rollout. Currently, people aged over 80 and NHS and care staff are receiving the vaccine against the deadly virus. After receiving his first of two vaccine injections at the health centre, Ormsgill councillor Bill McEwan has highlighted how efficient the process was in a bid to put minds at ease for people who are nervous.
THE roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine is continuing apace - with more of the most vulnerable residents due to receive the jab. Patients registered with certain GP surgeries in Dalton, Askam and Ulverston are due to start receiving the vaccine in the new year. Askam councillor Ben Shirley said the vaccination roll-out would begin in the area after January 11. It will administered across the Mid Furness Primary Care Network, which encompasses Market Street Medical Practice, Duddon Valley Medical Practice, Dr Murray and Partners and Dr Johnston and Partners. Cllr Shirley welcomed the roll-out of the vaccine. He said: I have been made aware from the local manager for public health that our area can expect to see the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine shortly after January 11
NEARLY 2,000 people in Barrow have now received the Covid-19 vaccine. Over 1,800 vaccinations were given at the Alfred Barrow Medical Centre last week as part of the biggest NHS immunisation programme across the country. The vaccine roll out in Cumbria began last Tuesday delivered by the GP-led primary care network in Barrow. The patients who were identified as priority groups for the life-saving vaccine were contacted first by their GP surgery to book an appointment. Patricia Lumb, of West Shore Park in Walney, was the first person in Barrow to receive the Covid-19 vaccination. The 84-year-old great-grandma said she felt honoured and privileged to be among the first to receive the life-saving vaccine.