A Covid jab being administered at King s Lynn Corn Exchange
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Almost five months after the world s first coronavirus vaccine was administered here in the UK, more than 50 million doses have been given out across the country.
Since December, hundreds of thousands of sleeves have been rolled up in Norfolk and Waveney, and a significant proportion of its most vulnerable and elderly residents are fully vaccinated.
A Covid jab is administered at the large-scale vaccination centre in Castle Quarter, Norwich
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But just how well is the area s rollout going and when can you expect to receive your vaccine?
Under-40s are to be offered an alternative to the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine
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Under-40s are to be offered an alternative to the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine due to a link with extremely rare blood clots.
The UK s medicines regulator, the MHRA, said 242 blood clots had been discovered among 28 million people who received first doses of the AZ jab up to April 28.
A Covid vaccine being administered at the mass vaccination centre in Castle Quarter, Norwich
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That is an incidence rate of 10.5 per million.
Just six clots were reported among the six million who received second doses of the vaccine - one in a million.
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Market Gates Shopping Centre, in Great Yarmouth, is set to become a large-scale Covid vaccination centre
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A mass Covid vaccination centre is set to open in Great Yarmouth.
Jabs will be offered to eligible patients at the coastal town s Market Gates Shopping Centre from Thursday (April 29).
A coronavirus vaccine being administered at Castle Quarter in Norwich
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The site provides an additional option to the existing large-scale venues which are already delivering vaccines in Norwich, Attleborough, King s Lynn, North Walsham, Harleston, Lowestoft and Downham Market.
Smaller, GP-led hubs and the area s hospitals have also been administering injections to priority groups since December.
Walk-in Covid vaccination clinics at Cromer Hospital have been suspended due to poor uptake
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A drop-in vaccination clinic which had been set up to take place on a weekly basis has been suspended due to a low uptake.
Cromer Hospital was
Drop-in Covid vaccine clinics are being offered across Norfolk and Waveney
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Clinics across Norfolk and Waveney have been offering a walk-in service, meaning appointments do not need to be made in advance.
But Saturday sessions at the north Norfolk hospital have been stood down after the first, held on March 27, was poorly attended.
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