QUICK progress is being made with the roll-out of COVID booster jags – already delivered to 74.6 per cent of people in the region aged 70 and above, which is above the national average.This progress comes during the most complex stage in the biggest vaccination programme ever mounted within Dumfries and Galloway, thanks to the
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ALL ELIGIBLE age groups have now been offered the chance of protection against COVID-19 – but the region’s vaccination team are keen that no one is left behind. This includes expectant mothers, who are being very much encouraged to take up the opportunity. Dr Nigel Calvert is the region’s Immunisation Co-ordinator, and he said: “I
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A WELCOME fall has finally been seen in the number of new COVID-19 cases being recorded in Dumfries and Galloway. Although there is still caution around this decline, numbers of new cases fell to 353 in the week ending Sunday October 17. This was down from 464 cases the week before, and comes after several
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ANOTHER modest but welcome decline has been recorded in the number of COVID-19 cases in Dumfries and Galloway. In the week ending Sunday October 10 there was a total of 463 new cases, down from 490 the week before. Numbers of identified close contacts of cases also decreased, from 935 to 863. Director of Public
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A further small drop has been seen in the number of COVID-19 cases recorded in Dumfries and Galloway last week. In the week ending Sunday October 3, there was a total of 490 new coronavirus cases, down from 504 the week before, down in turn from 538 the week before that. Numbers of identified close
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CASES of COVID-19 have seen a smaller decrease in Dumfries and Galloway than in recent weeks, declining from 538 to stand at 504 in the week ending Sunday September 26.Although the rate of decline slowed, the continuing fall in case numbers has been welcomed. However, numbers of identified close contacts of cases actually increased slightly,
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COVID-19 booster vaccinations are underway in care homes across Dumfries and Galloway – and set to begin being provided to over 80s along with their flu jags.The third vaccination against COVID provides the body’s own immune system with a reminder of what the coronavirus looks like. This leaves it primed to battle the virus if
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A sustained fall in COVID-19 cases is now being recorded in Dumfries and Galloway – amid ongoing efforts to bring down numbers.Improving further on the decrease from 887 cases to 765 the week before, in the week ending Sunday September 19 numbers fell further to stand at 538.Similarly, numbers of people identified as close contacts
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SCHOOLS will be the primary setting for vaccinations of 12 to 15-year-olds against COVID-19 in Dumfries and Galloway – as the programme expands to include this age group.These vaccination opportunities will take place in schools over a quick two-week period beginning September 30 – using the same well-established approach being employed to provide flu vaccinations
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Booster vaccinations against COVID are to be provided to those aged over 50 in Scotland – as we head toward winter months.The vaccination team in Dumfries and Galloway are readying plans to roll out this programme, beginning with care home as identified as a priority by the Joint Committee of Vaccination and Immunisation.Immunisation Co-ordinator Dr
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