As walk-in vaccine clinics pick up on the Isle of Wight the rate of first vaccinations is slowing, with only 329 given on the Island in the last week.
In the week before, the number given was almost five times higher with more than 1,600 injections put in the arms of Island residents.
70.6 per cent of entire Island jabbed
Overall, however, figures released from NHS England show 104,208 Islanders have now received their first vaccination — 70.6 per cent of the Island’s entire population.
See the breakdown for each area, reported by News OnTheWight earlier this week.
To encourage more to take up the offer of a vaccination, the Riverside Centre in Newport is offering sessions throughout the rest of July as a walk-in clinic where no booking is required you can just turn up.
On Saturday (10th July), a first dose of the Pfizer vaccine is being offered to those over 18 from 8am to 7.30pm.
On other days, so long as it has been at least eight weeks from your first jab, you can get your second. For more information on when the walk-in clinics are on the Island throughout July, you can look on the Website.
87,477 people have now been fully vaccinated
Just over 59 per cent of the Island’s population have now had a second vaccine, with more than 1,500 given out in the week up to 4th July.
A total of 87,477 people have now been fully vaccinated on the Island.
With the remaining Covid restrictions set to lift on the revised schedule, 19th July, it means if you have been fully vaccinated and return from an amber listed country, you will no longer have to self-isolate.
This article is from the BBC’s LDRS (Local Democracy Reporter Service) scheme, which News OnTheWight is part of. Read here to find about more about how that scheme works on the Island. Some alterations and additions may have been made by News OnTheWight. Ed
