Volunteers at Ulverston Community Health Centre have explained why they are helping to deliver the Covid-19 vaccine to local residents. Starting last Friday, eligible patients have been guided through the centre by volunteers as they receive the jab from the centre’s health workers. Neil Fleming, alongside Caroline Smith, has helped recruit 160 volunteers for the vaccine rollout, mostly through their Facebook group, Ulverston Self Isolation Group. The pair have set up a system where there will be morning and afternoon shifts, which will each have two shift leaders and nine volunteers working during them, equating to 22 volunteers every day. Neil said: “The volunteers have a good understanding of the importance of the vaccination programme.
AN 81-YEAR-old grandma was one of the first people to receive the Covid-19 vaccine at Millom’s Waterloo House GP Surgery. Marion Johnson, who has lived in Millom for most of her life, said she was delighted to receive the jab and hopes to be reunited with her family soon. She said: “I was quite surprised to find out that I would be getting the vaccine so quickly and very glad to find out that it was being delivered in Millom. “It was all very well organised and everyone was very cheerful. “There were also a lot of volunteers there and it was amazing to see how many of them were outside helping, despite the awful weather.
The Alfred Barrow Health Centre has been praised for its delivery of the coronavirus vaccine by a councillor who received his first jab there. The health centre has been providing the Covid-19 vaccine to patients in the Barrow area since December 15 after being selected as part of the rollout. Currently, people aged over 80 and NHS and care staff are receiving the vaccine against the deadly virus. After receiving his first of two vaccine injections at the health centre, Ormsgill councillor Bill McEwan has highlighted how efficient the process was in a bid to put minds at ease for people who are nervous.