When and where Penarth residents can get the Covid-19 vaccine
By Ellyn Wright
15th Dec 2020 | Local News
CORONAVIRUS vaccinations began across Wales last week, with the Cardiff and the Vale Health Board administering its first round of inoculations at Cardiff and Vale Therapy Centre in Splott.
Vaccines will also be carried out at Holm View Leisure Centre in Barry and Pentwyn Leisure Centre, from January at the earliest, "in line with vaccination quantities expected through the UK government", says the health board.
The centres can be accessed by appointment only and those that are eligible to receive the vaccination will be sent a letter to contact the booking line to receive an appointment.
All centres have adequate car parking and public transport access to meet the service need.
Health and social care workers and care homes have been identified as the first priority groups, as well as those over 80 years old.
This priority list is as follows:
- residents in a care home for older adults and their carers
- all those 80 years of age and over and frontline health and social care workers
- all those 75 years of age and over
- all those 70 years of age and over and clinically extremely vulnerable individuals
- all those 65 years of age and over
- all individuals aged 16 years to 64 years with underlying health conditions which put them at higher risk of serious disease and mortality
- all those 60 years of age and over
- all those 55 years of age and over
- all those 50 years of age and over
Health Minister Vaughan Gething said: "Vaccines can take many years, even decades, to develop. The fact that a safe and effective vaccine has been developed in less than year is a remarkable tribute to all scientists and researchers around the world who have worked so hard to find a vaccine for COVID-19.
"We have been working really hard to plan for its arrival. We will now do everything we can to ensure we successfully deliver the COVID-19 vaccine across Wales in the days, weeks and months ahead."
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