Over half of Colchester residents are vaccinated - but only 23% of care home staff are MORE than half of people in Colchester have received their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine - but almost a quarter of the county’s care home staff are yet to have theirs. NHS data shows 90,830 people from the area had received a jab by April 11 - 57 per cent of those aged 16 and above. Of those vaccinated, 65,774 were aged 50 and over – 97 per cent of the age group.
The area with the highest coverage was West Mersea - with 74 per cent of people aged 16 and above given their first dose.
Over half of Colchester residents are vaccinated - but only 23% of care home staff are
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CARE home staff will be required by law to receive a coronavirus vaccination under plans by the Government - as figures reveal nearly a quarter of workers in Essex have not had a first dose. A five-week consultation on mandatory jabs has been launched following concerns about whether enough carers have been vaccinated to stop the virus spreading to residents. But the move has provoked criticism from trade union Unison which said mandatory vaccinations could backfire and lead to a staffing shortage. Across Essex, 9,555 out of 12,406 eligible staff, including agency workers, at older adult care homes had received a first dose by April 11, according to latest NHS figures - meaning 23 per cent have not had a jab.