Adults who have missed or not yet had their coronavirus jab will be able to show up at their nearest vaccination centre without an appointment to receive their first or second dose in west Wales.
People living in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire are now able to attend walk-in clinics from Thursday, June 17, to Sunday, June 20. Hywel Dda University Health Board is encouraging adults to turn up and receive their dose of either the Pfizer or Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine. Vaccines will be allocated on a first come, first serve basis.
Latest figures show that, across Wales, 2,225,499 people have had a first dose of the Covid vaccine, and 1,454,064 have had both doses.
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There is growing concern in Wales over the more transmissible Delta (India) strain of the virus. New figures released on Thursday, June 17, revealed that were another 184 identified in the last four days, bringing the overall total in Wales to 488. See more detail here.
Hywel Dda has asked those who have a scheduled appointment to stick to it, but others can attend the walk-in sessions.
Here are the first dose walk-in vaccine clinics:
- Carmarthen (Halliwell Conference Centre, UWTSD, SA31 3EP) 10am to 8pm on Thursday, June 17, Friday, June 18, Saturday, June 19 and Sunday, June 20.
- Haverfordwest (Pembrokeshire Archives, SA61 2PE) 10am to 8pm on Thursday, June 17, Friday, June 18, Saturday, June 19 and Sunday, June 20.
- Llanelli (Ffwrnes Theatre, SA15 3YE) 10am to 8pm on Thursday, June 17, Friday, June 18, Saturday, June 19 and Sunday, June 20.
- Tenby (Tenby Leisure Centre, SA70 8EJ) 10am to 8pm on Sunday, June 20.
Hywel Dda University Health Board said anyone who'd had a first dose of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine on or before April 25 could attend one of the second dose walk-in clinics.
Here are the second dose walk-in/drive-in vaccine clinics:
- Carmarthen (drive-in only - United Counties Showground, SA33 5DR) 10am to 7pm on Thursday, June 17, and Friday, June 18
- Tenby (Tenby Leisure Centre, SA70 8EJ) 10am to 8pm on Friday, June 18, and Saturday, June 19.
Wales has recorded 140 positive cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours. Flintshire reported the most cases on Thursday with 21, followed by Denbighshire with 15 and Conwy with 14. Meanwhile, Cardiff had 12 new cases, Wrexham had 11, Pembrokeshire had eight, Gwynedd and Caerphilly had five, and Vale of Glamorgan, Bridgend and Swansea had four.
Carmarthenshire, Anglesey and Neath Port Talbot had three cases each, while three local authorities had two including Monmouthshire, Newport, and Ceredigion.
Blaenau Gwent and Torfaen had one new case each, and Merthyr Tydfil, RCT and Powys had no new cases.
As numbers increase people are advised to make sure they know the signs to watch out for with the Delta variant, which has new symptoms, and also how to tell the difference between Covid and hay fever in peak pollen season.
