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Daphne Dye, 89, from Great Clacton, is given the jab ALMOST 1,000 people in one of the country's oldest and most deprived communities are being given the Covid-19 vaccination. The North East Essex Clinical Commissioning Group worked with St Helena Hospice to turn its Tendring Centre, in Jackson Road, Clacton, into a vaccination centre in just seven days. Elderly residents in the town were among the first people in the community to be given the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Some have been shielding since March and have welcomed the vaccine as it will mean they will be able to see their fa...

Navy veteran Alan Jones, 89, from Clacton, got the jab alongside his wife Hazel, who is 83. They were among patients from a number of GP practices who were invited to get the vaccination including East Lynn Medical Centre, Ranworth Surgery, North Road, St James and Epping Close, as well as Frinton Road, in Holland-on-Sea, and Green Elms in Jaywick. Mr Jones was given the vaccine by healthcare assistants Janet Edwards and Amanda Castle. “I didn’t feel a thing,” he said. “I think I’m used to it from when I was in the Navy. They used to give us everything – for Yellow Fever...