A box of the Moderna Covid vaccine. Photograph: Michael Reynolds/EPA
Patients in Wales will from Wednesday become the first in the UK to receive the Moderna vaccine as part of a mass vaccination programme, with the first doses in Scotland set to come later this week.
The initial jabs would be given at the West Wales general hospital in Carmarthen, the Welsh government said.
It added that 5,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine – the third to be approved for use in the UK – had been sent to centres in the Hywel Dda University Health Board area, covering Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire, on Tuesday.
People are being urged to contact the health board People living in Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire or Ceredigion are being urged to get in touch with Hywel Dda University Health Board if they have not received their first Covid-19 vaccine appointment and fall into one of the four categories listed below. The Health Board asks that you make contact if you haven t received your first vaccine appointment and: • are aged 50 or over • are aged 16 to 64 and have underlying health conditions that put you at increased risk of covid-19 mortality • work in a care home or in health and social care in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion or Pembrokeshire
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John Cooper was angry that his letter didn t state his appointment was at a drive-thru centre (Image: Wales Online)
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The third Covid-19 vaccine has arrives in Wales THE THIRD Covid-19 vaccine is being rolled-out across Wales from today (Wednesday, April 7) 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 (Tuesday, April 6) 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 (April 7). The Moderna vaccine is a two dose vaccine given at an interval of between four and 12 weeks.