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Give us more vaccines, say frustrated GPs in Whitstable and Canterbury | Updated: 16:35, 08 January 2021 Health bosses hope the majority of over-80s in the Canterbury district will be vaccinated against Covid-19 in the next fortnight - but doctors say they haven t got enough. By the end of the week, about 6,000 jabs will have been administered in Canterbury, Herne Bay and Whitstable. Dr John Ribchester at the drive-thru vaccination site. Picture: Barry Goodwin But some doctors are frustrated that sparse and unpredictable deliveries of batches are slowing down the vaccination process. Dr John Ribchester, senior and executive partner at Whitstable Medical Practice, believes as many as 1,000 jabs could be administered per day. ....
Elderly Herne Bay patients become town s first to receive coronavirus vaccines | Updated: 14:12, 30 December 2020 Elderly patients lined the entrance to a hospital today as they became the first people in a Covid-hit Kent town to receive coronavirus vaccines. The injections are being given to almost 1,000 over-80s at the Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital in Herne Bay. The town currently has one of the highest infection rates in the country, and accounts for more than 40% of all new cases across the Canterbury district. So the vaccination programme, which offers recipients 95% protection, cannot come soon enough. Beltinge resident Winifred Prett, who was the first in the town to be jabbed this morning, is looking forward to going shopping once she receives the second dose of the vaccine in three weeksâ time. ....