Covid-19 vaccines for Alderney and Sark

BBC Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine being administered at the Island Medical CentreBBC
The first allocation of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine was delivered to the Island Medical Centre

The coronavirus vaccination programme has started in Alderney.

The first allocation of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine was delivered to the Island Medical Centre in Alderney on Friday.

The vaccination programme has started in the Connaught Care Home and Jubilee Sheltered Housing.

Alderney and Sark will be following the same priority list as Guernsey. Neither island has had any cases of coronavirus.

The Island Medical Centre has asked patients not to contact staff for their vaccination date.

Sark residents will also be offered the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.

The States of Guernsey will roll out the vaccine across its population according to a priority list set out by the Joint Committee for Vaccination and Immunisation.

The first doses of coronavirus vaccine, Pfizer/BioNTech, were delivered in Guernsey in December.

They were given to front-line healthcare workers from Guernsey, Alderney and Sark.

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