The 500,000th COVID-19 vaccine was given this weekend, with more than 72% of the population across Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire now having had their first dose....
The UK Government has announced that a fourth COVID vaccine has been approved for use by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) after meeting the...
Volunteers from Swansea were the first in Europe to come forward to take part in an international clinical trial of a new Covid-19 vaccine. The Medicago...
The Welsh Government have announced that they will be offering all under 40s who are not yet vaccinated an alternate to AstraZeneca as a ‘precautionary measure’...
Practice staff from Tenby Surgery, a Hywel Dda University Health Board managed practice, were delighted to return to Caldey Island by boat this morning to offer...
In a statement, the Welsh Government has said the Oxford AstraZeneca (OAZ) vaccine remains safe and effective and has already saved thousands of lives. It comes...
The third Covid-19 vaccine is being rolled-out across Wales from today (Wednesday 7 April) with patients in Carmarthenshire becoming the first in the UK to receive it....
New research finds no cases of a rare blood disorder have been identified in the COVID-19 vaccinated population of Wales. A rapid evaluation of the Welsh...
Two Swansea pharmacies have begun giving Covid vaccinations today (Wednesday, March 31st) under a pilot scheme. A third will begin this weekend. The vaccines are given...
Hywel Dda University Health Board is asking anyone who received the Pfizer vaccine and has not received a second vaccine appointment yet, to get in touch....
Sir Lenny Henry has written an open letter to encourage Black Britons to take the COVID-19 vaccine, signed by some of the most high-profile names in...
Health board says it is ‘confident’ that delays in Oxford vaccine deliveries will not affect ability to vaccinate first 9 priority groups by mid-April. Following the...
Hollywood star Michael Sheen has lent his voice to a new NHS animation created to combat anti- Covid vaccine sentiment. News of the video comes just...
One million doses of the coronavirus vaccine have been administered across Wales and more than one in three of the Welsh adult population have received at...
Sixty-six-year-old Linda Sanders became the first person to receive an injection in a new vaccination clinic on wheels. The Primark worker from Clase in Swansea boarded...
Every person in JCVI priority groups 5 to 9 will be offered a COVID-19 vaccination by 18 April, Hywel Dda University Health Board has confirmed. While...
Welsh Health Minister, Vaughan Gething, has announced expanded COVID testing and a faster vaccine roll-out. He confirmed Wales will aim to offer the vaccine to all...
Hywel Dda University Health Board (UHB) is thanking the many partner organisations and people who have helped implement the COVID-19 vaccination programme – the biggest vaccination...
First Minister Mark Drakeford today praised the thousands of NHS staff and volunteers vaccinating people for their phenomenal effort as the first milestone in Wales’ vaccination...
“Join with us, and help to become part of the solution by taking the vaccine and encouraging others in your communities to do so”. Vaughan Gething...
Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service are collaborating with Hywel Dda University Health Board to with the roll out of the COVID-19 vaccine to...
Hywel Dda University Health Board is asking people in vaccine priority groups 1 to 3 living in Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion to get in touch as...
As high proportions of the first three priority groups have received or been booked in for their COVID-19 vaccinations in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire; the vaccine...
A new shuttle bus service has been set up to help residents without easy access to cars to get to the Bay hospital for their vaccinations...
American vaccine company Novavax has published positive data from a UK phase 3 study of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, showing it to be 89.3% effective in...
A revised and updated coronavirus testing strategy has been published today (Thursday 28 January) by Health Minister Vaughan Gething. The original testing strategy was published in...
Heartless fraudsters are offering false COVID vaccines in a bid to cheat others out of their hard-earned cash, and make money from a pandemic in which...
A new Mass Vaccination Centre (MVC) has opened in Swansea, which the health board says will increase the number of people being protected. Canolfan Gorseinon Centre,...
The Welsh Conservatives’ Older People’s Champion – Janet Finch-Saunders MS – has urged the Welsh Government to adhere to its original vaccination timescales as a means...
Maria Battle, the chair of Hywel Dda Health Board talks about the roll-out of COVID vaccinations in Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion. “People are naturally tired and...
During First Minister’s Question’s yesterday (January 19), Paul Davies MS – the Leader of the Opposition in the Welsh Parliament questioned the readiness of the Welsh...
NHS and council leaders have written to every householder in the Swansea Bay area to highlight action being taken to vaccinate the most vulnerable in our...
An open letter by Community Pharmacies Wales calls for more engagement from Welsh Government to speed up the roll-out of COVID vaccinations in Wales. It comes...
Preseli MP Stephen Crabb has continued his calls for a mass vaccination centre in Pembrokeshire, as the vaccine rollout plan shifts towards GP surgery delivery. Following...
Welsh Parliament opposition party leaders have raised concerns about the availability and administration of the COVID vaccine in Wales. Following First Minister’s Questions, Paul Davies MS...
The Swansea Bay Covid-19 vaccination programme received a major boost this week when The Margam Orangery Mass Vaccination Centre in Margam Park opened its doors. The...
The GP Covid-19 vaccination programme for over 80s has started at Killay Medical Centre with 100 patients booked in for their first dose at a special...
All eligible adults will be offered a Covid vaccine by the autumn, under ambitious plans published by the Welsh Government today Health Minister Vaughan Gething will...
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has authorised the Moderna vaccine after an extensive analysis of the vaccine’s safety, quality and effectiveness. The Moderna...
GP practices across Swansea and Neath Port Talbot are joining the Covid-19 vaccination programme. Primary care clusters (groups of GP practices who work in partnership) have...
Researchers at Swansea University are developing the world’s first smart vaccine device that will both deliver the COVID-19 vaccine and measure its efficacy through monitoring the...
Police and Crime Commissioner Dafydd Llywelyn is calling for the Welsh Government to include Police Officers on the Covid-19 Vaccination priority list so that they can...
Pembrokeshire residents are being alerted to a dangerous scam related to the Covid-19 vaccine. A fake NHS text has been circulating, telling people they’re eligible to...
The second COVID-19 vaccine is being rolled-out across Wales from today [Monday 4 January] with at least 40,000 doses available within the first 2 weeks. Last week [Wednesday...
More people in the Hywel Dda area will start to be called in for COVID-19 vaccinations as a result of recent news that the new Oxford/AstraZeneca...
A second COVID-19 vaccine has been given the go-ahead and its roll-out across Wales will start next week, the Health Minister has announced. The Medicines and...
A council residential care home in Carmarthenshire is the first in west Wales to receive the Covid-19 vaccine. Residents of Awel Tywi in Llandeilo had their...
History was made in Hywel Dda UHB this morning as patient-facing staff from across the Health Board were among the first in the world to receive...
The first COVID-19 vaccine is being rolled-out across Wales from today (Tuesday 8 December 2020), the Welsh Government has confirmed. Wales was the first country in...
The first COVID-19 vaccine has been given the go-ahead and the roll-out across Wales will start within a matter of days, the Chief Medical Officer has...
The prospect of new vaccines coming on line soon to combat Covid-19 is a very welcome light at the end of this pandemic tunnel – but...