Top right: Clare Watson, NHS Cheshire CCG. Bottom right: Ian Ashworth, CWAC. THREE in five Cheshire and Merseyside’s over-16 population have had their first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine. That’s according to the latest NHS England data up to March 28, which also reveals that 95 per cent of Cheshire’s over-50 residents have also had dose one. The county’s rate of 94.7 per cent is also the leading figure in the Cheshire and Merseyside sub-region, ahead of eight other NHS areas. It has been described as ‘a major milestone’ by Cheshire West and Chester Council’s director of public health, Ian Ashworth.
ADULTS with a learning disability in Cheshire West and Chester have been added to the priority list to receive the covid-19 vaccination. Adults who are registered on the learning disability register in England should have received a letter inviting them to get the vaccination. This is following new advice from government experts highlighting the greater risk to people with a learning disability if they catch coronavirus. Cllr Val Armstrong, cabinet member for adult social care and public health at Cheshire West and Chester Council, said “Please take up the offer of the covid-19 vaccination if you are in the priority groups. This will help protect yourself and others from this horrible virus.