Due to the relatively small size of Ascension’s population it is expected that within the next two weeks everyone eligible to receive the vaccine will have been offered an appointment. This saw frontline medical staff and emergency service workers, and dependents of these individuals, receive their first dose of vaccine.įollowing this, the vaccine is now being offered to the wider public. The first stage of vaccinations is already complete. The territory-wide vaccination campaign is taking place in two main stages. This vaccine will hopefully protect us against the worst effects of COVID-19, and also help to protect family, friends and the rest of the community.” The vaccination itself was quick and painless. “I feel very privileged to be able to receive this vaccine and am thankful to the UK government for making it available to us. On receiving her first dose of vaccine Sylvia said: The first people to receive the vaccine were Georgetown Hospital employee Sylvia Isaac and her husband Mervyn. These were supplied by the UK government who last year generously committed to providing the Overseas Territories with doses of vaccines as they became available. 1,950 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine were delivered to Ascension on Tuesday 16 February via an RAF operational support flight. On Wednesday 17 February, staff at Georgetown Hospital began administering the first doses of COVID-19 vaccines to people in Ascension. Emergency service staff first to receive doses of vaccines
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