DROP-IN clinics are continuing to take place for people in Dumfries and Galloway still to receive their first COVID-19 vaccination, or who are more than eight weeks from their first. As at the end of 12 July, a total of 114,256 first dose vaccinations had been delivered to adults aged 18 plus – representing 93.1
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Anyone in the region still to be vaccinated against COVID is being urged to take up the opportunity – against the national backdrop of high numbers of cases. All originally scheduled first dose vaccinations for adults aged 18 plus and anyone 16 plus who is immune-suppressed in Dumfries and Galloway have been completed. However, first
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A DECLINE in new COVID-19 cases has been recorded within Dumfries and Galloway, standing at 181 in the week ending Sunday July 4. Despite the fall from 239 the week before, local health experts describe the case numbers as ‘worryingly high’ – warning that we are most likely not yet past the peak of the
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A call is being issued for anyone aged 18 plus in Dumfries and Galloway who has not received a first COVID-19 vaccination to get in touch. Almost all originally scheduled adult first dose vaccinations have taken place, as Pfizer jags are continued to be provided in the 18 to 29 age grouping. However, vaccinations are
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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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