Pharmacists getting coronavirus jabs from next Monday onwards

By Adam Kula
Published 12th Jan 2021, 17:47 BST
PACEMAKER BELFAST 08/12/2020 A nurse practitioner fills a needle with the Covid-19 vaccine before administering it to Sister Joanna Sloan (left), the first person in Northern Ireland to receive the first of two Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine jabs, at the Royal Victoria Hospital, in Belfast, on the first day of the largest immunisation programme in the UK's historyPACEMAKER BELFAST 08/12/2020 A nurse practitioner fills a needle with the Covid-19 vaccine before administering it to Sister Joanna Sloan (left), the first person in Northern Ireland to receive the first of two Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine jabs, at the Royal Victoria Hospital, in Belfast, on the first day of the largest immunisation programme in the UK's history
PACEMAKER BELFAST 08/12/2020 A nurse practitioner fills a needle with the Covid-19 vaccine before administering it to Sister Joanna Sloan (left), the first person in Northern Ireland to receive the first of two Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine jabs, at the Royal Victoria Hospital, in Belfast, on the first day of the largest immunisation programme in the UK's history
Pharmacists are going to begin being vaccinated from January 18 onwards, one of their representative bodies has said.

Gerard Greene, the Chief Executive of Community Pharmacy NI, hailed the move, saying it will help to ensure “a full, healthy workforce”.

The vaccine will be the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, a two-jab inoculation which requires supercold storage before being deployed.

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Pharmacists can avail of one of seven sites for vaccination.

However, whilst inoculations begin next Monday, there is no definitive timescale for getting all 2,800-or-so pharmacists vaccinated.

Mr Greene said: “As frontline healthcare providers, the community pharmacy workforce has been working around the clock to guarantee the safe supply of medicines, advice and other services to all patients.

“The roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine to community pharmacy teams will further safeguard patients and staff from the virus and ensure vital services are available and sustainable with a full, healthy workforce.”

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