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the spread of the virus means vaccinating care homes could not be more vital, so where are we? in scotland, 94% of residents have now had their first dose and 80% of staff. wales has now given a first dose to 74% of residents and 78% of staff. in northern ireland, 80% of residents have now had both doses of the vaccine. in england, finalfigures will be published later but nhs england says all eligible care homes have now had their first offer of vaccination and the figures for staff are comparable with the other nations. this is one of the bedrooms we have, so all the bedrooms have a lovely bed. persuading staff to take the injection has proved a real challenge in some places. this care home in north yorkshire is run by vida healthcare. almost 30% of staff in one of their homes has refused the vaccination. industry wide, the figure is almost a fifth.
the uk is continuing to accelerate — nine million people have now had theirfirst dose. our health correspondent jim reed reports. # vac—cina—tion day, come on! vaccination day at this care home in somerset. and they are upbeat. how you feeling, barbara? all right. looking forward to it. you're looking forward to it, are you? yeah. a third of all deaths from covid have taken place in care homes, so the government is calling today a milestone. we're very pleased that we've been able to give all elderly— care home residents, - virtually all elderly care home residents have now been. given their first jab or a slot fortheirfirst jab, - and that's very important for getting the spread of the virus down, getting the serious illnessl and the fatality down. looking across the uk, in scotland, 94% of residents have now had their firstjab and 80% of staff.
itjust hasn't sunk in because we've not been able to see him since march. i can't stop thinking about him being on his own when he passed away. i wake up in the night, and i just think about him in his room on his own. residents atjohnny�*s care home were just about to be vaccinated. the outbreak has had a devastating impact on residents, families and staff. they just feel absolutely on their knees and completely broken at the moment. the spread of the virus means vaccinating care homes could not be more vital, so where are we? in scotland, 94% of residents have now had their first dose and 80% of staff. wales has now given a first dose to 74% of residents and 78% of staff. in northern ireland, 80% of residents have now had both doses of the vaccine. in england, finalfigures will be published later but nhs england says all eligible care homes have now
i've never known anyone stronger. itjust hasn't sunk in because we've not been able to see him since march. i can't stop thinking about him being on his own when he passed away. i wake up in the night, and i just think about him in his room on his own. residents atjohnny�*s care home were just about to be vaccinated. the outbreak has had a devastating impact on residents, families and staff. they just feel absolutely on their knees and completely broken at the moment. the spread of the virus means vaccinating care homes could not be more vital, so where are we? in scotland, 94% of residents have now had their first dose and 80% of staff. wales has now given a first dose to 74% of residents and 78% of staff. in northern ireland, 80% of residents have now had both doses of the vaccine.
for getting the spread of the virus down, getting the serious illnessl and the fatality down. looking across the uk, in scotland 94% of residents have now had their first jab and 80% of staff. wales has now given a first dose to 74% of residents and 78% of staff, and in northern ireland, 80% of residents have now had both doses of a vaccine. but in england there have been concerns about some care home workers. the government appears to have missed its target to offer a jab to all staff by the end of january. some of it is to do with access, and that is that people are just not able to get to where they needed to go to. if they've been coming into the care homes, the gps have not had enough vaccine for the staff as well, they've just got enough for the residents, which was the priority, and some of it is to do with cultural issues. some is that people just don't want to have the vaccine.
using both the pfizer and the astrazeneca. i using both the pfizer and the astrazeneca.— using both the pfizer and the astrazeneca. ., , ., , ., ., astrazeneca. i only ask you that because of— astrazeneca. i only ask you that because of course, _ astrazeneca. i only ask you that because of course, the - astrazeneca. i only ask you that because of course, the pfizer i astrazeneca. i only ask you that. because of course, the pfizer needs to be stored at very low temperatures, and you got all the equipment in that building, to cope with that minus 70? yes. equipment in that building, to cope with that minus 70?— with that minus 70? yes, and i was in touch with _ with that minus 70? yes, and i was in touch with our _ with that minus 70? yes, and i was in touch with our local— with that minus 70? yes, and i was in touch with our local clinical - in touch with our local clinical commissioning group yesterday, and received assurance that we are not in a situation of vaccines being disposed of at the end of the day, and they don't waste vaccines round here. 0k. does that mean, though, that you will have a reserve list, so that people perhaps, who don't turn up, missed the appointment or whatever, do you have a number of people you will call on and say look we have more supplies we can do you now? we are more supplies we can do you now? - are going to be working with the local nhs to ensure what you said happens, it is vital that every single vaccine, the nhs has got available, is used and people receive. ~ ., , ., ., available, is used and people receive. ., , ., ., receive. who is going to be doing the “abs? receive. who is going to be doing the jabs? a _ receive. who is going to be doing
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from today, this will become one of the largest vaccination sites in the country. ashton gate stadium in bristol has been converted into a huge vaccination centre. the south concourse will be open 12 hours a day, delivering thousands of doses a week, if there is enough supply to go around. it's one of seven mass vaccination centres being opened in england, from surrey to manchester, with more planned in the coming months. ok, here we are. ok, go. to start with, locals over 80 years old, plus health and social care staff, will be contacted and asked to book an appointment. we do need to be vaccinating hundreds of thousands of people a day if we're going to get a grip of this pandemic within this country and across the world. so it's notjust a matter of a thousand people coming to the gp practice. it's about hundreds of thousands of people. more gp and hospital sites will also open this week, as the government tries to hit its target of reaching
health and social care staff will be contacted and asked to book an appointment. we have had a huge response to the booking options. immediately the bookings went live, the booking slots were filled so i think people are keen to get vaccinated. epsom is one of seven mass vaccination centres being openedin mass vaccination centres being opened in england, with more planned soon, as the government tries to meet its vaccination targets. in the south—west, bristol's ashton gate football stadium is being used. anyone who doesn't want to travel to one of the new centres will still be able to get vaccinated at a site closer to where they live. in the south—west, borisjohnson was visiting one of the new vaccine centres in ashton gate stadium in bristol. he warned against people feeling complacent because of the roll—out of the vaccine. feeling complacent because of the roll-out of the vaccine. it's a race against time because we can all see the threat that our nhs faces, the pressure it is under, the demand in
delivered every week, as our health correspondent jim reed reports. from today, this will become one of the largest vaccination sites in the country. ashton gate stadium in bristol has been converted into a huge vaccination centre. the south concourse will be open 12 hours a day, delivering thousands of doses a week, if there is enough supply to go around. it's one of seven mass vaccination centres being opened in england, from surrey to manchester, with more planned in the coming months. ok, here we are. 0k, go. to start with, locals over 80 years old, plus health and social care staff, will be contacted and asked to book an appointment. we do need to be vaccinating hundreds of thousands of people a day if we're going to get a grip of this pandemic within this country and across the world. so it's notjust a matter of a thousand people coming to the gp practice. it's about hundreds