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A care home matron has become the first person in Guernsey to receive the covid-19 vaccination.
The Bailiwick has today (Thursday 17 December) started its vaccination rollout, with frontline health and care staff first to have the jab.
Dr Sue Fleming, Matron at St John’s Residential Home, was the first person to receive the vaccine at 8am this morning.
The Emma Ferbrache room at the Princess Elizabeth Hospital is currently being used as a vaccination centre. The vaccine will be delivered to islanders in order of priority based on risk and age. Care home residents will be among the first, with people over the age of eighty following.