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As of March 14, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) had delivered 317,393 total vaccinations. Gill Harris, deputy chief executive, said: "Last week the vaccination programme ramped up significantly as GP surgery staff across the region helped us take advantage of a significant increase in vaccine supply. We simply could not deliver such a large and complex vaccination programme without their expertise. "This week we have received a slightly reduced supply, but we remain on course to meet the Welsh Government’s target of offering vaccination to Priority Groups One to Nine ...

MORE than 270,000 vaccinations have been administered in North Wales.

BETSI Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) has become the first health board in Wales to administer more than 100,000 vaccines. By the end of January, BCUHB had vaccinated care home residents, except at homes where there has been a recent outbreak of Covid-19 or patients are recovering from Covid-19. Arrangements are in place to complete the outstanding care homes once it is safe to do so. The health board say they are on track to vaccinate those in priority groups One to Four by the middle of the month. Gill Harris, deputy chief executive of BCUHB, said: "Over the next fortnig...

MORE than 30,000 people in North Wales have received their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. Teresa Owen, executive director of Public Health, said on January 19, that in the past week BCUHB had administered the highest number of vaccinations of any Welsh Health Board, which equated to 22 per cent of the cumulative number of first dose vaccines administered in Wales. This compares to 11 per cent of the Welsh total two weeks ago. Ms Owen said: "We started this week having vaccinated over 30,000 people since the beginning of the programme. We are confident that we have the capacity an...