LAKELAND FORUM will be used to facilitate the delivery of the Covid19 vaccine programme for healthcare workers in the coming weeks. Western Trust officials are preparing for the roll out of phase one of the COVID-19 Vaccination Programme from December 14. The vaccine programme will be operated from Omagh Leisure Centre and the Lakeland Forum […]
Vaccine news ‘more than we dared hope for’says local GP
A FERMANAGH GP has said the recent announcements on potential Covid vaccines are “an absolute game changer” that could very likely herald the beginning of the end of the global pandemic. Dr Brendan O’Hare, who is the GP in Ederney and runs the Western Rural Healthcare group of practices, was speaking to the Herald earlier […]
Hopes high vaccine could help life return to normal
“I believe there will be enough people who will be just so relieved that there is something to help us get back to normal life.”
Health staff are urged to get the jab
FERMANAGH’S frontline health workers have been urged to get their flu jab this year, even if they’ve never had one before, after it emerged less than a third of staff at the Western Trust had taken up the vaccine last year. Flu vaccines are not mandatory for health workers, however with the Covid crisis continuing, […]
Winter flu vaccine for children to be rolled out
Winter is coming and parents are being urged to protect their children