West Wight Sports and Community Centre in Freshwater will open as a COVID-19 vaccination centre in the next few days, it has been announced.
Further GP surgeries across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight are getting ready to start vaccinating patients as the roll out of the biggest vaccination programme in NHS history.
As previously reported by Island Echo, the first Islanders were vaccinated on Tuesday afternoon.
West Wight Sport and Community Centre at Moa Place is due to hold its clinics across the next few days. It’s thought appointments will begin tomorrow (Friday).
More sites will then follow, to provide a network of clinics across the Island. It’s understood that Westridge Centre in Ryde will be one of these sites.
Dr Michele Legg, GP and clinical chair of NHS Isle of Wight Clinical Commissioning Group, said:
“All of our sites that started vaccinating patients across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight earlier this week have had a great start with clinics running smoothly.
“We’ve heard lots of positive feedback from patients and staff, which has been lovely to hear as everyone is working incredibly hard on this huge task.
Article continues below this advertisement “It is great to be able to offer the vaccine to more local people as we open up new clinics, but I would ask people please to be patient. GP practices will contact you when we can offer you a vaccine.
“Whilst the vaccine rollout is really good news, it doesn’t mean any of us can drop our guard – we all must still take care to protect ourselves and others.”
At last some real hope not just words. Let’s hope those really at risk get it first.
Same spiel, ‘everyone is working ‘incredibly hard’, YET try seeing a doctor now. They should have the jab first, then perhaps we might even ‘see’ the elusive creatures once more.
Not so, Chad. I have been able to get appointments, with the doctor of my choice, when I needed them. In fact, it all works much more smoothly when you get there as you’re not hanging around for ages waiting for them to finish with the previous patient. Whilst I wouldn’t have the vaccine, I know people ARE working incredibly hard to deal with a logistical nightmare and you sound very ungrateful.
2020 in summary: 2 weeks to flatten the curve. No second lockdown. 2nd lockdown needed for a safe Christmas. Tier 3 Christmas. Post Christmas lockdown. Get the vaccine but you could still be infectious.
Blind acceptance is a sign, that stupid fools stand in line! 🙂
Once you know the tests are fraudulent, the safety and efficacy of a vaccine is irrelevant. Everything is presumed fraudulent until proven otherwise 🙂
Better to stand in line than up against the wall.
I had mine done this morning, Friday. Well organised, no problems.
This is good news, but we still need to stop people from mainland coming over.. there are a lot of them here already.. certainly not keeping to their tier rules.. !