Covid-19 vaccine invites for over-40s being sent in significant numbers in North Wales
It comes as most people aged 50 and over should have already had an invite for their jab
10:52, 7 APR 2021
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People in Wales will receive the first doses of the Moderna vaccine on Wednesday.
The UK has bought 17 million doses of that vaccine – enough for 8.5 million people.
Jabs will be given out at West Wales General Hospital in Carmarthen in what has been hailed as “another key milestone” in the fight against coronavirus.
Investigations are continuing into any potential association of the Oxford/AstraZeneca jab with a rare form of blood clot (Yui Mok/PA)
It comes as a trial of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine in children has been paused while regulators investigate reports of a rare form of blood clot among adults.
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The UK’s first dose of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine has been given in Wales to a young woman who cares for her grandmother.
Elle Taylor, 24, who works at a further education college in Llanelli, received the Moderna jab from staff nurse Laura French at West Wales General Hospital’s outpatients department on Wednesday morning.
Speaking after receiving the vaccine, the 24-year-old said: “I’m very excited and very happy. I’m an unpaid carer for my grandmother so it is very important to me that I get it, so I can care for her properly and safely.
People in Wales will receive the first doses of the Moderna vaccine on Wednesday.
The UK has bought 17 million doses of that vaccine – enough for 8.5 million people.
Jabs will be given out at West Wales General Hospital in Carmarthen in what has been hailed as “another key milestone” in the fight against coronavirus.
Investigations are continuing into any potential association of the Oxford/AstraZeneca jab with a rare form of blood clot (Yui Mok/PA)
It comes as a trial of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine in children has been paused while regulators investigate reports of a rare form of blood clot among adults.