 Update on the COVID-19 vaccination roll out in Nottinghamshire
An effective vaccine is the best way to protect people from coronavirus and will save thousands of lives. Vaccinations are being delivered at three hospital hubs at Queen's Medical Centre, City Hospital and King’s Mill Hospital. Four local vaccination sites are now live at Ashfield Health Village, Richard Herrod Leisure Centre, Gamston Community Centre and Cripps Medical Centre (University Park). Two further sites in Lenton and Newark are due to go live in the next week.
All letters to people aged 80 and over should be out within the next week. Care home residents and staff should be vaccinated by the end of January and the first four priority groups should be vaccinated by mid-February.
We all have an important part to play to help the NHS:
- Please do not contact the NHS to seek a vaccine, the NHS will contact you
- When you are contacted, please attend your appointments
With the vaccination programme underway, we must continue to follow lockdown measures and stay at home to protect the NHS and save lives.
Our COVID-19 Community Fund will continue to support vulnerable residents impacted by the pandemic. The Fund will now remain open until 31 March 2021. Since its launch in March 2020, more than £772,600 has been awarded to 285 projects.
Nottinghamshire charities and voluntary groups can apply for a grant of anywhere between £200 to £10,000 to deliver projects or services that meet the Nottinghamshire COVID-19 Community Fund criteria.
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We’ll be writing next week to all registered clinically extremely vulnerable residents in Nottinghamshire with details on the advice, help and resources available to them as they continue to follow the latest government guidelines as part of the national lockdown.
In the meantime, we’re reminding all clinically extremely vulnerable residents that updated information for those shielding is at available on the Government website.
And, of course, if you are staying at home and find yourself in need of help then our Coronavirus Community Hub has all the detail on what support is available and how to request it.
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The COVID-19 Report is available for anyone to access the latest infection rates across the city and county. The data is sourced from the Public Health England national dataset and based on daily data.
The latest data available shows between 1-8 January, there were 5,525 cases and an infection rate of 475.8 per 100k in these seven days.
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