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Moderna jabs set for first UK residents from today as third approved vaccine is administered in Wales
The vaccine is the third which was approved for use in the UK after Pfizer/BioNTech and Oxford/AstraZeneca
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image captionThe Moderna jab is the third Covid vaccine to arrive in Wales
A third Covid-19 vaccine will be rolled out across Wales from Wednesday with patients in Carmarthenshire becoming the first in the UK to receive it.
The Moderna vaccine was approved as safe and effective for use in the UK in January this year.
Supplies arrived in Wales on Tuesday, with 5,000 doses sent to Hywel Dda University Health Board vaccination centres.
The first doses will be administered at Carmarthen s Glangwili Hospital.
The UK has ordered 17 million doses of the Moderna vaccine, with Wales receiving a proportion of that number.
THE third Covid-19 vaccine is being rolled-out across Wales from today (Wednesday) with patients in Carmarthenshire becoming the first in the UK to receive it. The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) authorised the Moderna vaccine as safe and effective in January 2021 following stringent clinical trials. Supplies arrived in Wales yesterday with 5,000 doses being sent to vaccination centres in the Hywel Dda University Health Board area. The first doses will be administered at the West Wales General Hospital in Carmarthen today. The Moderna vaccine is a two dose vaccine given at an interval of between four and 12 weeks. Health Minister Vaughan Gething said: “This is another key milestone in our fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. A third vaccine for use in Wales significantly adds to our defences in the face of coronavirus and will help to protect our most vulnerable.