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those to receive a call offering him the jab. “I believe that if something is available to be had it should be taken up,” said the 99-year-old. “It all went like clockwork. The surgery had two clinics running side by side and they seemed to be getting through a lot of people. “I didn’t feel a thing – not even the needle going in. I’ve had more pain from the flu jab. But I did have to wait there for 15 minutes after I’d had the jab so they could make sure I didn’t have a reaction.” Bob, who has been shielding since March, is already booked in for a second booster dose on 6th January and was told that until that time he will not be protected. Dr Matt Nisbet, GP and clin - ical lead for business and part- nerships at the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Partnership of Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG), said the launch of the vaccination programme within the community was a “big moment for lots of peo - ple”. “For those of us working in surgeries across Hampshire it is a huge task, but also a real privilege to be part of this national effort to protect THE leader of Hampshire County Council has warned res - idents ahead of a relaxation of the Covid-19 restrictions over Christmas. Cllr Keith Mans, who repre - sents Brockenhurst, said res - idents needed to be careful and think about the impact of meeting people indoors, writes Maria Zaccaro of the Local De- mocracy Reporting Service . The news comes as Covid re - strictions are due to be eased next week to allow three house- holds to meet indoors between 23rd and 27th December. But Cllr Mans said that does not mean people have to change what they are doing. Talking during a meeting of Hampshire’s local outbreak en - gagement board, he said: “In my view that should only hap - pen if you really want it to hap - pen. “That does not mean you have to change what you are doing and you need to bear in mind that mixing different gen- erations is an important issue that you need to be careful of, particularly indoors.” Cllr Mans also asked resi- dents to avoid meetings if pos- sible. He added: “I think the inter - 19 Fir Avenue, New Milton

ourselves from the virus,” he said. “And for many of the patients we serve, receiving the vaccine will be a giant stride towards being able to live a more normal life again.” Dr Nisbet reassured the pub- lic they would be vaccinated as quickly as possible and urged people to be patient. He said that while the devel- opment of the vaccine was “fan - tastic news”, Hampshire still faced the “risky winter period ahead”. He added: “It is vital that we all keep up our guard.” Dr Karen Kirkham, clinical lead for the Dorset Covid-19 vaccination programme and as- sistant clinical director of NHS Dorset CCG, warned the cam - paign would be a “marathon not a sprint”. She said: “We’d like to ask for the continued help of the pub- lic as we continue the roll-out of the vaccination programme for the people of Dorset. “The NHS will let you know when it’s your turn to have the vaccine; it’s important not to contact us before then. “And if you can’t make an ap - pointment let us know as soon as possible and we can then of- fer the slot to someone else. You will be called again.”

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GP SURGERIES in the New Forest and Christchurch were amo ng the first in the country to start vaccinating patients this week as the roll-out of the biggest immunisation pro- gramme in NHS history gains momentum. New Milton Health Centre in Spencer Road and Stour Surgery in Barrack Road, Christchurch, took delivery of doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech jab on Tuesday, and clinics kicked off the next day. The first batches of the Cov - id-19 vaccine began arriving in UK hospitals last week. As the immunisation programme en- ters its next phase GP practices across the country have been working round-the-clock set- ting up hubs in surgeries, com - munity centres an d even hotels. Locations were announced on Tuesday, with New Milton’s surgery one of 10 vaccination centres in Hampshire, and Stour Surgery one of seven in Dorset. THE New Forest’s rate of fresh Covid-19 cases has started to grow again, ending a run of re - ductions over recent weeks. One person in the district was reported to have died in hospi- tal with the virus, according to weekly figures released on Tues - day by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), bringing the total death toll to 152. The amount of new weekly cases in the area reported on Tuesday rose to 143, said sepa - rate government numbers, just over double the 69 published last week. It puts the local case rate

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Bob Lowe (99) said he ‘didn’t feel a thing’ receiving the jab

tacted. The NHS asked people not to contact their surgeries, stressing the vaccination ser- vice is available “strictly by in - vitation only”. Barton resident Bob Lowe, who is well known for his work with Dame Esther Rantzen’s charity Silver Line, was one of

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