Latest Covid-19 news from across Lancashire and South Cumbria
Clinic in Burnley to help low vaccine take-up
This week a vaccination clinic opened in Jinnah Development Trust & Community Centre in Burnley over a two-day period.
Statement on AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine following MHRA update
Statement on AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine following MHRA update
Vaccination Programme Update for April 2021
From the start of the programme, the NHS has successfully had to adjust week-to-week vaccine delivery in the light of fluctuations in supply
Second Dose Milestone As 2.5 Million Get Top-Up Jab
The NHS in England has vaccinated more than 25 million people against Covid-19, with the number of people receiving their second dose reaching a new weekly high.
Top Doctor Says Do Not Delay Getting an NHS Covid Jab
The country’s top doctor today urged everyone who is entitled to a Covid jab to come forward as new figures showed the NHS vaccination programme racked up record numbers of jabs last week.
NHS Chief Simon Stevens receives COVID-19 jab
NHS Chief Executive Sir Simon Stevens today joined nearly 22 million people in England who have received their first COVID-19 jab. Today marks another important milestone on the NHS vaccine rollout, with more than half of adults across England set to…
NHS invites everyone Aged 50 and over to be jabbed as vaccination programme marks 100th day
While the whole of the NHS doubles down to urge everyone already invited to take up the offer, new invitations are now going out nationally to millions of people aged 50 to 54 in the latest stage of the programme, the biggest in NHS history and…
NHS text alerts for life-saving COVID-19 jab
The NHS has begun texting people to invite them to book their life-saving COVID-19 jab, making it quicker and more convenient to get an appointment.
NHS invites people aged 60-plus to get life-saving Covid-19 vaccination
Almost two million people aged 60 to 63 will be invited to book a Covid jab this week as the NHS vaccination programme, the biggest in health service history, gains fresh momentum.
Lancashire and South Cumbria COVID-19 vaccination hits major milestone
In a major milestone, more than half a million patients have now been vaccinated against coronavirus in Lancashire and South Cumbria.