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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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That includes over-50s, health and social care staff, care home residents, those deemed clinically extremely vulnerable, and all carers whether paid or unpaid.
People who live with someone who is clinically extremely vulnerable are now also eligible after a recent change to the priority guidance.
A number of drop-in Covid vaccination clinics are being offered across Norfolk
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However, under-30s in priority groups 1-9 cannot attend the clinics as they are using the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine.
A decision was made earlier this week to only offer younger people the Pfizer or Moderna jabs, after research found a very small number of blood clots in those who had received the AstraZeneca product.
Most of the cases of reported blood clots had occurred in women under the age of 60, regulators said.
John Guttridge, from Wacton, having his COVID-19 vaccination at the Castle Quarter Vaccination Centre in Norwich.
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Up to March 31, the MHRA has received 79 reports of blood clots accompanied by low blood platelet count, all in people who had their first dose of the vaccine.
Of these 79, a total of 19 people have died, although it has not been established what the cause was in every case. The 79 cases occurred in 51 women and 28 men, aged from 18 to 79.
Of the 19 who died, three were under the age of 30, the MHRA said.