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Care home residents shed tears of joy after they became among the very first in England to receive the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine, alongside their carers.
Pauline Dickens, 84, a resident of Wellcroft Care Home, based near Gatley, Stockport, is looking forward to hugging her four grandchildren for the first time since March 2020 after receiving a dose of the vaccine today.
The vaccine has been rolled out to GP surgeries, with care home residents and staff among the top of the waiting list.
The target for mid-February is for 13million people in the top four priority groups to be vaccinated.
Pauline Dickens, 84, (pictured) was one of the first care home patients to be administered with the new Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine
First care home residents in Stockport receive coronavirus vaccine
Elderly people at Brinnington Hall were given their first dose of the Pfizer/BionNtech vaccine on Wednesday.
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First care home residents in Stockport vaccinated Last updated
30 December 2020
First care home residents in Stockport vaccinated
Brinnington Hall is the first care home in Stockport to receive the Covid-19 vaccination for residents
The first care home residents in Stockport have received the Coronavirus vaccination today (30 December).
Residents of Brinnington Hall care home, on Middlesex Road, were given the first dose of the Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine after transportation and storage challenges for the vials were overcome by Stockport Clinical Commissioning Group, which is overseeing the borough s community vaccination rollout.
Councillor Jude Wells, Stockport Council’s Cabinet Member for Adult Care and Health, said: “It is great news that residents from Brinnington Hall care home will be the first in Stockport to receive the Covid 19 vaccination today. This, along with the vaccination of all staff working in care homes across Stockport, is a sign
GPs in Stockport to begin vaccinating residents against coronavirus this week
First to be invited for the potentially life-saving jab will be over 80s who are registered with a practice in the borough
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