As the Isle of Wight surpasses the 150,000 COVID vaccine mark, younger age groups are being invited to book in.
Latest data from NHS England published today (Thursday), and recorded by the National Immunisation Management Service (NIMS), shows a total of 156,038 first and second vaccines have been given out.
In the week ending May 16, 7,793 doses — 2,065 first and 5,728 second — were given.
During that week the national rollout invited 38 to 39-year-olds to have their jab.
Earlier this week, in some areas of the Island where GPs are controlling the rollout of the vaccine (hubs at Westridge, West Wight Sports Centre, The Bay Medical Centre and in Carisbrooke), people in their 20s have been invited to have their vaccination.
With warnings for those under 40 not to have the Oxford-Astrazeneca vaccine, advice has been issued for those in that age group to wait for an invitation from their GP to have their vaccine as the GP-led hubs offer the Pfizer dose.
So far, 94,276 people on the Island have had their first dose of a Covid vaccine, and using estimates calculated by NIMS and Public Health England, this equates to 64 per cent of the population.
A total of 61,762 people, an increase from last week of 5,728, have had a second vaccine after waiting nearly 12 weeks since their first.
This means 42 per cent of Islanders are fully vaccinated.
Across the Hampshire, Southampton and Isle of Wight Clinical Commissioning Group, 1,484,683 vaccines have been given to those eligible — the third-highest CCG area in the country.
A first case of the Indian variant of Covid-19 has been recorded on the Island, but public health director, Simon Bryant said it was not a cause to panic but a cause for caution.
He said:
“We know this variant spreads easily — which is why we need everyone to continue with the behaviours that we know stop the transmission of the virus.”
This includes social distancing, wearing face masks and regular testing.
Speaking at Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday, PM Boris Johnson said there was increasing confidence the Covid-19 vaccines were effective against all variant of the virus, including the Indian one.
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