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April
7,000 Covid-19 vaccinations planned each week - at least
26/01/2021 @ 09:24
Newtown, Montgomery, Llanidloes and Caersws GP practices all began providing Covid-19 vaccines yesterday.
Powys Teaching Health Board said the additional capacity would lead to 7,000 vaccines being given each week in the county.
The health board every person who was eligible should have received a letter giving them a vaccination appointment.
It comes as a larger national vaccine centre was opened at the Maldwyn Leisure Centre in Newtown last week. It replaced the smaller Park Street Day Centre.
More than 2,000 people had been due to be vaccinated at the new centre up until Sunday evening.
"With the addition of GP vaccinations, Powys is currently aiming to deliver around 7,000 vaccines per week and it is expected that this capacity will increase as vaccine supply increases in the coming weeks," said a health board statement.
Every person over the age of 80 should now have received a letter giving them a vaccination appointment. Anyone who has not received a letter can let us know by registering at https://pthb.nhs.wales/coronavirus/covid-19-vaccination/over-80-in-powys-and-not-received-an-invitation-to-vaccination/
The statement added: "In order to reduce the risk of people being given duplicate appointments and vaccine being potentially wasted, GP Practices are working to a list of patients supplied by the health board and are phoning patients to invite them for vaccination.
"Please do not call your GP directly for COVID vaccination at this time as they need their telephone capacity to make the outgoing calls to make the appointments."
Powys Teaching Health Board said the additional capacity would lead to 7,000 vaccines being given each week in the county.The health board every person who was eligible should have received a letter giving them a vaccination appointment.
It comes as a larger national vaccine centre was opened at the Maldwyn Leisure Centre in Newtown last week. It replaced the smaller Park Street Day Centre.
More than 2,000 people had been due to be vaccinated at the new centre up until Sunday evening.
"With the addition of GP vaccinations, Powys is currently aiming to deliver around 7,000 vaccines per week and it is expected that this capacity will increase as vaccine supply increases in the coming weeks," said a health board statement.
Every person over the age of 80 should now have received a letter giving them a vaccination appointment. Anyone who has not received a letter can let us know by registering at https://pthb.nhs.wales/coronavirus/covid-19-vaccination/over-80-in-powys-and-not-received-an-invitation-to-vaccination/
The statement added: "In order to reduce the risk of people being given duplicate appointments and vaccine being potentially wasted, GP Practices are working to a list of patients supplied by the health board and are phoning patients to invite them for vaccination.
"Please do not call your GP directly for COVID vaccination at this time as they need their telephone capacity to make the outgoing calls to make the appointments."
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