COVID19: Cyprus changes vaccine rollout as over 90s miss out

19-1-2021 Financial Mirror FinancialMirror Hot

COVID19: Cyprus changes vaccine rollout as over...

Cyprus was forced to revise the second stage of its vaccination rollout with a smaller number of vaccines than expected as some of the eldest are being left out.

After vaccinating the majority of elderly people in care homes and their nursing staff, health services moved to phase two of its inoculation program, which includes everyone over 80.

However, the Health Ministry received complaints from people over 90 claiming they were not able to book an appointment on the online platform as slots were taken within an hour of opening each week.

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COVID19: Cyprus changes vaccine rollout as over 90s miss out

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