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Derbyshire vaccine programme in top two across the country
The 65-69 age group is being targeted next
Donald Shipley was the first patient to receive the Covid vaccine at the Royal Derby Hospital (Image: University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust)
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Vaccination teams across Derbyshire performed second best in the country, by delivering a greater percentage of jabs to the over-70s ahead of the February 15 deadline.
Figures reveal number of Derbyshire residents vaccinated against Covid
This is nearly double the number disclosed by NHS England a week ago
16:29, 28 JAN 2021
The vaccine and a syringe (Image: Derby Telegraph)
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Keith said he and the rest of his family were ‘extremely worried’ about his mother Margaret.
Mum-of-four Margaret, who drove cranes at a Sheffield steelworks during the WW2 effort, currently lives in supported housing and suffers from dementia.
He said: “She doesn t get out at all and is very vulnerable but we take comfort knowing she’s not fully-aware of the seriousness of the situation.
“I just feel there must be a lot other people out there who are being let down by the system and I’m just hoping by speaking out it will prompt someone to do something.”
Two-thirds of Derbyshire s Covid community vaccination centres were closed due to vaccine shortages
It was caused by a national lack of jabs
15:35, 26 JAN 2021
More than half of Derbyshire’s Covid-19 vaccination sites were closed on Monday due to supply shortages overseen by central government (Image: Derby Telegraph)
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