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All of Lincolnshire s care homes have received first Covid-19 vaccine dose, says health boss
| Updated: 14:37, 28 January 2021
All of Lincolnshireâs care homes have now received their first dose of vaccination.
Lincolnshire County Councilâs assistant director of public health Tony McGinty said there was just some âmopping upâ to do of staff or residents who may have missed their turn due to illness.
They will now begin focussing on the thousands of elderly people in the community who cannot access vaccination sites.
Care home staff and residents have received the first dose of the Covid vaccine at Rose Lodge
He added: âWe know these vaccines are going to help people who come into contact with the virus in the coming months fight it off far more readily, and they will be far less likely to become really ill and, God forbid, die.
Lincolnshire COVID infection rates are “bouncing around all over the place”
Boston and South Holland spiked over the weekend
Blue = 100-199 cases / Dark blue = 200-399 cases as of Jan 20.
COVID infection rates in Lincolnshire are “bouncing around all over the place” after Boston and South Holland saw spikes in the past few days.
Boston went from 168.2 coronavirus cases per 100,000 of the population on Friday to 205.2 on Monday this week. This has been due to a “strong uptake of community-wide testing” in the borough, namely the two new rapid testing centres in the town.
South Holland also saw a slight increase from 297.8 to 301 in the past three days, while all other Greater Lincolnshire districts saw a fall in their infection rates.
Ashdene care home residents in Sleaford receiving their first Covid vaccinations. EMN-210901-181825001
The GP-led NHS mobile vaccination teams have delivered tens of thousands of vaccinations to all of the 202 elderly homes in the county.
Lincolnshire County Council’s assistant director of public health Tony McGinty said there was just some “mopping up” to do of staff or residents who may have missed their turn due to illness
They will now begin focussing on the thousands of elderly people in the community who cannot access vaccination sites.
Mr McGinty said the news was “incredibly heartening”.
“We know these vaccines are going to help people who come into contact with the virus in the coming months fight it off far more readily, and they will be far less likely to become really ill and, God forbid, die.
All of Lincolnshire s care homes have received first Covid-19 vaccine dose, says health boss
| Updated: 11:06, 26 January 2021
All of Lincolnshireâs care homes have now received their first dose of vaccination after meeting their planned target of doing them by the weekend, according to local health bosses.
The NHS vaccination team delivered tens of thousands of vaccinations to all of the 202 elderly homes in the county.
Lincolnshire County Councilâs assistant director of public health Tony McGinty said there was just some âmopping upâ to do of staff or residents who may have missed their turn due to illness.
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