Am I eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine?
The first COVID-19 vaccinations have started being rolled out across Wales.
More than 40 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine will be available across the UK, with Wales getting its allocation based on its population.
In the first wave of vaccine deliveries, Wales will receive almost 40,000 doses, enough for nearly 20,000 people.
All health boards have started administering vaccines to care home staff, those over 80 years and frontline health and social care workers most at risk.
We look after some of the most vulnerable in our society. We know many of them will be keen to know if they will be eligible for the vaccine.
According to Public Health Wales prioritisation is primarily based on age.
This priority list is as follows:
- residents in a care home for older adults and their carers
- people 80 years of age and over and frontline health and social care workers
- all those 75 years of age and over
- those who are 70 years of age and over and clinically extremely vulnerable individuals
- all those 65 years of age and over
- all individuals aged 16 years to 64 years with underlying health conditions which put them at higher risk of serious disease and mortality
- people aged 60 and over
- all those 55 years of age and over
- individuals aged 50 years of age and over.
We are urging everyone out there who is eligible, including our service users, not to call their GP surgeries to enquire about the vaccine. You will be contacted in due course.
We will of course be eagerly anticipating our frontline care workers receiving the vaccine and know they will step up once called.
