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And they expect to have given more than 3,500 Covid vaccines by this weekend. Those will have been given to 3,016 over 80s, including 528 in residential care homes, plus staff. The next cohort - those aged between 75 and 80 are now being phoned up to come for theirs. There are 2,237 of those. All due for a jab next week. The Wiltshire Times was invited to look behind the scenes at the Rowden Surgery, where many of the vaccines are being given to patients from Hathaway, Box, Porch and Lodge surgeries. On the day we went, queues of traffic were turning into the small road leading to the health centre.
One of the first people to be vaccinated against Covid in Bath gives thumbs up as rollout continues
A Combe Down surgery was the first in the area to begin offering vaccines
Jean from Bath receiving her first dose of the vaccine at a surgery in Combe Down (Image: Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire CCG)
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GPs in Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset started vaccinating vulnerable patients against coronavirus from Wednesday. The first person to receive the vaccine in Devizes at 8.30am on December 16 was Richard Conroy. Mr Conroy said: “I was invited by my GP last Wednesday, my birthday. “The surgery sent me an email then I phoned to make the appointment. “I feel absolutely marvellous, it’s a pretty good feeling to get the vaccine. “Everyone should have the jab when it s offered.” The GP-led vaccinations began on December 16 at four centres across Wiltshire including the Corn Exchange in Devizes, the Steam Museum in Swindon, Combe Down Surgery near Bath and Rowden Surgery in Chippenham.