MORE than 15,000 people have been given the Covid-19 vaccine in North Wales so far. Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) said at the end of last week, 15,852 people has been vaccinated. Last week saw a significant increase in the number of vaccinations - under BCUHB - being delivered and 9,654 people in the top priority groups received their first dose as part of the roll-out in North Wales. Teresa Owen, executive director of Public Health, said: We know initially there was some concern about the supply of vaccine to North Wales in the first few weeks of the programme, but we have always been clear that we will receive our proportion of the vaccine. We have now seen a significant increase in supply and that has been quickly reflected in the overall number of people who have had their vaccine in North Wales.
The jabbing rates for every Welsh health board as North Wales lags behind with vaccinations
People in Mid Wales are more than three times more likely to have had the jab than those in the north
16:13, 7 JAN 2021
Latest Public Health Wales figures relate only to the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. The number of people being jabbed is expected to rise sharply once health boards have regular supplies of the Oxford vaccine (Image: Danny Lawson/PA Wire)
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Why Covid vaccination rates in North Wales are lagging behind - and what s being done about it Escalation plans have been drawn up to significantly increase the roll-out of vaccine in North Wales
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Vials containing the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine (Image: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
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Updated: Tue 29th Dec
This article is old - Published: Tuesday, Dec 29th, 2020
Each of the six counties across North Wales now has at least one testing site, open seven-days-a-week and with some operating from 8am-8pm.
Teresa Owen, Executive Director of Public Health at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, urged people to book an appointment at their nearest centre if they are showing symptoms of COVID-19.
She also backed the Welsh Government’s
Help Us, Help You campaign, encouraging members of the public to correctly access NHS services and not turn up at emergency departments with ailments that could have been treated by a GP, pharmacist or minor injuries unit.
WITH every county in North Wales being home to a test centre, a health director is urging people with symptoms to book a test. There are 11 COVID-19 test centres serving communities across all six counties in the region open seven-days-a-week and with some operating from 8am-8pm. Teresa Owen, executive director of Public Health at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, urged people to book an appointment at their nearest centre if they are showing symptoms of COVID-19. She also backed the Welsh Government’s Help Us, Help You campaign, encouraging members of the public to correctly access NHS services and not turn up at emergency departments with ailments that could have been treated by a GP, pharmacist or minor injuries unit.