Margaret Keenan became the first person in the UK to receive the Pfizer/BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine, which is now being rolled out to GP patients in and around Watford. Registered in England & Wales | 01676637 |. As a subscriber, you are shown 80% less display advertising when reading our articles. Check outMy IR Mobile. This means that second dose appointments that are due will all still go ahead for both the Pfizer or the AstraZeneca vaccine - as will any first dose vaccinations that have already been booked to take place between 29 March and the end of April. Faisal Tuddy, Asda Superintendent Pharmacist, said: We want to do all we can to help the NHS get the vaccine to priority groups as quickly as possible so it is great to be able to expand our Covid vaccination service to a second location. For a limited period, people who have yet to book their vaccine can turn up at a number of sites to receive their first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine. Watford Town Hall and Hemel Hempstead Hospital are among new coronavirus vaccination centres set to open this week. Anyone who had the AstraZeneca vaccine eight or more weeks ago, and is yet to receive their second dose of the AstraZeneca, People aged 16 or over who are known to be clinically extremely vulnerable or with underlying health conditions which put them at higher risk of serious disease and mortality, People who care for someone who is at high risk from Covid-19, People who live with someone who is immuno-suppressed, Anyone under the age of 40 and not part of a priority group, Anyone who received the AstraZeneca less than 8 weeks ago, Anyone who received the Pfizer orModerna vaccine. The NHS is currently offering the COVID-19 vaccine to people most at risk from coronavirus based onadvice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI). We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The online booking service is open a month before your booster is due, so you can book ahead if you want to get organised. Frontline social care workers and care providers. But this depended on everything going right every day, he added. Friendly staff. Our friendly team of health experts will be at the Pump House on 17 October 2022 administrating free 1st and 2nd doses and boosters. The facility is designed to enhance the quality of life for all residents and visitors to McKenzie County by providing numerous spaces for athletic programs, sporting events, meetings, conventions, expos, entertainment and special events, educational opportunities and workforce development. Between now and 29 March, GP-led, pharmacy-led and large vaccination sites will all continue to vaccinate those in thetop priority cohorts. CITY OF WATSONVILLE - VACCINE POSTS | Watsonville Facebook may set some of its own cookies if you follow these links. All Rights Reserved. This means you dont have to keep entering these details when you visit a new page. Professor Nilay Shah, at Imperial College London, said that with a great deal of co-ordination of manufacturing, logistics, rapid training of vaccination administration personnel and co-operation of patients, it should be possible to reach daily vaccination levels of 300,000 to 500,000 doses per day across England.