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Jan 2021
52,500 clinically vulnerable people vaccinated in North Yorkshire, says Harrogate MP
52,500 people in the highest priority groups have received a covid vaccine in York and North Yorkshire, according to Harrogate’s MP.
In an e-mail to constituents, Andrew Jones said a further 12,000 vaccinations had also been carried out in hospitals to frontline staff.
Mr Jones said the figures were correct as of Monday this week.
It comes as health bosses said all care home residents and staff in the county would be vaccinated by the end of this week.
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Amanda Bloor, accountable officer at North Yorkshire CCG, told a North Yorkshire Resilience Forum meeting earlier this week:
Ms Bloor added that officials were making “good progress” towards vaccinating all healthcare workers by the end of the month as well as the February 15 target set by the government for all priority groups.
Vaccinations in the Harrogate district are being administered at the Great Yorkshire Showground. However, a mass vaccination hub opened on Monday in York, which offers jabs to those within a 45 minute distance.
Health bosses announced a vaccination site will be opened in Ripon, but details on its location have yet to be confirmed.
Officials have also said people in the district can wait for an invite to the Great Yorkshire Showground instead of travelling to York.
MP hits out at covid vaccine supply reports
Mr Jones also hit out at reports that the supply of coronavirus vaccines to Yorkshire will be halved next week.
In his email, he addressed “covid-19 fake news” and went on to say a story regarding vaccine supply “was wrong”.
It follows reports in the Health Service Journal that the North East and Yorkshire will see its supply halved next week because it is ahead of other regions in vaccinating its eligible population.
The HSJ reported that the region is set to see does available to GP-led sites down by 200,000 compared to this week.
Mr Jones has said reports of the halve in supply are “wrong in terms of numbers and trend”.
He said:
However, Dr Nikki Kanani, medical director of primary care at NHS England, told BBC Radio 4 Today programme that vaccines were being diverted away from areas like the North East and Yorkshire.
She said:
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