59 care home residents and staff vaccinated in 45 minutes
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Feb 3, 2021
Jackie Snape

Fifty-nine residents and staff at a charity-run Harrogate care home have received covid inoculations in just 45 minutes.

Disability Action Yorkshire’s Claro Road home, which has 20 residents, were given the Oxford vaccine. Three staff declined it.

Jackie Snape, chief executive of Disability Action Yorkshire, said there was a ‘party atmosphere’ during the session, adding:

“This is the first stage in getting back to some form of normality and I’m happy to say the light at the end of the tunnel has just got a little bit brighter.

“Many of our customers have been isolating for almost a year and it’s not been easy for them, their family and friends.”

The home, which cares for younger adults with physical disabilities, has only allowed window visits since November.

The jabs took place 10 days ago and the window visiting policy remains in place.


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Ms Snape said:

“Despite the vaccinations, we won’t be taking any undue and unnecessary risks.

“We will continue to follow guidelines and only begin to relax when we are told we can do, and ultimately feel safe to do so.”

Amanda Bloor, accountable officer at North Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group, told a press briefing today that just one care home in North Yorkshire and York had not had residents vaccinated. This was due to an ongoing outbreak, she added.