The Covid vaccination centre at King s Lynn Corn Exchange
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Almost a million coronavirus jabs have been given out in Norfolk and Waveney, new figures have revealed.
Fresh data published by NHS England on Thursday shows 948,430 injections have been administered since the vaccination programme began in December.
A Covid vaccine being administered at Castle Quarter in Norwich
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During the latest seven-day period, up to May 9, another 53,705 people across the area received shots.
It represents a slight improvement on last week, when
Norfolk and Waveney Health and Care Partnership continues to have the second-best vaccination rate in the country when it comes to follow-up doses, at 40.4pc.
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
- Credit: Danielle Booden
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.
Published:
2:19 PM April 27, 2021
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
- Credit: Danielle Booden
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.
Published:
11:13 AM April 23, 2021
Walk-in Covid vaccination clinics are to be held at Market Gates Shopping Centre in Great Yarmouth
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A pair of drop-in coronavirus vaccination clinics are set to be held in Great Yarmouth.
Sessions will take place at the Market Gates Shopping Centre this weekend.
No appointment is necessary for either of the clinics, which will take place from 9am to 3pm on Saturday (April 24) and 10am to 2pm on Sunday. (April 25).
Walk-in centres were launched in Norfolk and Waveney last month, and are only for people in priority groups 1-10 looking to get their first dose of the vaccine.