A significant increase in COVID-19 cases has been recorded in Dumfries and Galloway – rising to stand at 239 in the week ending Sunday 27th June, up from 67 the week before. Meanwhile, the numbers of close contacts has also increased, going up from 446 to 1142. Public Health Consultant Dr Andrew Rideout said: “It’s
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Services within Health and Social Care including GP, hospital, community and social care services across the region have been seeing very high levels of demand in the past few weeks. The levels of activity resulting from such demand are typical of mid-winter rather than mid-summer. The uptake of the vaccination, currently at 91.5% of the region’s
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Almost 90 per cent of all adults in Dumfries and Galloway have now received a first dose COVID-19 vaccination, and nearly 70 per cent have had both. Work continues to provide first doses to the final adult age group of 18 to 29 year olds, but with a reminder amid an increasing number of cases
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Social interaction is being linked to a further rise in COVID-19 cases in Dumfries and Galloway – with 67 new cases in the week ending Sunday 20 June. This was up from 57 cases in the week before, while numbers of close contacts also increased from 410 to 446. In comparison, in the first week
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COVID-19 vaccinations are now taking place in the region for people aged 18-29.However, we are aware that some people who will not turn 18 by the deadline of July 31 2021 may have received letters inviting them to be vaccinated.Please note to be eligible for a COVID-19 vaccination you must have turned 18 by July
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CASES of COVID-19 in Dumfries and Galloway had almost doubled in number by the end of last week. A total of 57 new cases were recorded in the week ending Sunday June 13, up from 29 in the week before. Numbers of close contacts also increased markedly, rising from 191 to 410. NHS Dumfries and
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VACCINATIONS against COVID-19 are now underway for the final adult cohort in Dumfries and Galloway. Work started this week to begin vaccinating people aged 18-29 – but with a request for remaining people in this age group who did not book in advance online to now go online and check their scheduled vaccination date. Immunisation
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Special congratulations to Consultant Gynaecologist Heather Currie for being awarded an MBE in the 2021 Queen’s Birthday Honours List for services to healthcare – a prestigious award recognising her as a leading light and driving force for women’s health and menopause care. Dr Currie, NHS Dumfries and Galloway’s Associate Medical Director Acute, Diagnostics, Women, Children
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ANYONE aged 50 and above who has not yet been booked in for a second COVID-19 vaccination is being encouraged to get in touch. The new local telephone helpline is already open for anyone aged 40 and above in Dumfries and Galloway who has not received their first vaccination, but anyone over 50 in the
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AN INCREASE in COVID-19 cases has been recorded in the region – rising from 8 to 29 in the week ending Sunday 6 June. Close contacts of positive cases similarly jumped from 61 in the previous week to 188. Director of Public Health Valerie White said: “Within the past week we’ve seen new cases of
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