Jersey's Covid Vaccination Centre opens at Fort Regent
Jersey's nursing, resident and care staff will be the first people to be given the Covid-19 vaccine at the island's mass vaccination centre.
The Queen’s Hall at Fort Regent is the chosen site to continue the rollout of the vaccination programme.
Six vaccination pods, with capacity for five vaccinators in each pod have been set up, meaning, the Centre has the potential to vaccinate up to 30 people at a time.
The government expects more than 7,000 people will be given their first jab in January.
It comes after the first Covid-19 vaccine in the Channel Islands was given at Cheval Roc Care Home in Jersey, on Sunday 13 December, to 87-year-old great grandmother Beryl Taylor.
All over 18s, except pregnant women, will be eligible for the jab.
Earlier this week ITV News was given a behind-the-scenes look at the centre, where thousands of islanders will receive their coronavirus vaccinations over the coming months.
Almost 300 people came forward to be a part of the rollout of Jersey's Covid-19 vaccination programme.
The government called for any health practitioners who could help deliver the vaccines at the mass-vaccination hub at Fort Regent.