Be the first to comment!Vaccines to arrive on Saturday, with first vaccination on Sunday
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Minister for Health Chris Fearne, announced today that an IDU nurse at Mater Dei Hospital will the first to receive the Covid-19 vaccine on Sunday.
He explained that on the first day, the 28th of December, the vaccine will be given to the frontliners in Mater Dei who work at the ITU, IDU, Emergency and wards that welcome Covid-19 positive patients, as well as staff at primary care centres and swab centres.
On the 29th of December, vaccinations will take place on staff at the Gozo General Hospital. Staff at at Mount Carmel, St Thomas, Boffa, and the Good Samaritan Long-Term Care Facility, receiving it on the 30th.
Vaccination of staff and residents in St. Vincent de Paul and later staff and residents in other nursing homes will begin on the 1st of January, and the first letters will be sent to medical professionals. doctors working in the private sector.
The first letters are expected to be sent to those over the age of 85 living in the community on the 7th of January.
He appealed for the public to make a point of honouring the appointment that has been given
Everyone who attends must take their letter and ID card with them.
The freephone number 145 has also been launched today. This serves as an information number for those who have questions, or for another appointment should they not be able to attend the one allocated to them for the vaccine.
Dr Fearne stressed that this vaccine is free of charge and is not mandatory. He pointed out however, that while the public are encouraged to have it, anyone not intending to take the vaccine should please call 145 to have their dose assigned to others.
