Powys’ Covid-19 vaccination programme has now reached 33,000 people, the health board reported this week, which represents around 80 per cent of the people in Priority Groups 1-4 in the county.

And that includes nearly 90 per cent of residents aged 75 and over.

Over 9,500 vaccine doses were administered across the county last week, and one member of our vaccination team alone has now delivered 1,000 doses since the programme began.

"This is a tremendous achievement for one individual, and several of her colleagues are also well on their way to this milestone,” a spokesperson for Powys health board said.

“It has been very heartening to hear such positive feedback about the experience of vaccination in the county,” they added.

“Over 230 people have already filled in our short survey to tell us about your experience, and over 90 per cent rated their experience as ’excellent’. There have also been important areas of learning to help us continue to improve.”

Based on their latest estimated figures, they have already provided first dose vaccination for:

• 8,500 people aged 80 and over 800 residents of care homes for older adults

• 6,400 people aged 75-79

• 6,000 people aged 70-74

• 1,800 adults who are clinically extremely vulnerable

The spokesman added that their vaccination clinics across the county this week are focusing on the remaining appointments for people in these priority groups, as well as inviting people aged 65-69 (Priority Group 5) from the reserve list to help ensure that no doses are wasted.