People in Wales will receive the first doses of the Moderna vaccine on Wednesday.
The UK has bought 17 million doses of that vaccine – enough for 8.5 million people.
Jabs will be given out at West Wales General Hospital in Carmarthen in what has been hailed as “another key milestone” in the fight against coronavirus.
Investigations are continuing into any potential association of the Oxford/AstraZeneca jab with a rare form of blood clot (Yui Mok/PA)
It comes as a trial of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine in children has been paused while regulators investigate reports of a rare form of blood clot among adults.
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Updated: April 7, 2021, 11:30 am
Unpaid carer Elle Taylor receives the first Moderna jab from nurse Laura French at the West Wales General Hospital in Carmarthen (Jacob King/PA)
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Elle Taylor, from Ammanford, got the jab at the West Wales General Hospital in Carmarthen.
The 24-year-old works at a further education college in Llanelli as well as caring for her 82-year-old grandmother.
She received the jab from staff nurse Laura French at the hospital’s outpatients department.
People in Wales will receive the first doses of the Moderna vaccine on Wednesday.
The UK has bought 17 million doses of that vaccine – enough for 8.5 million people.
Jabs will be given out at West Wales General Hospital in Carmarthen in what has been hailed as “another key milestone” in the fight against coronavirus.
Investigations are continuing into any potential association of the Oxford/AstraZeneca jab with a rare form of blood clot (Yui Mok/PA)
It comes as a trial of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine in children has been paused while regulators investigate reports of a rare form of blood clot among adults.
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