A FLINTSHIRE GP has launched its coronavirus vaccine clinic.

In the fight against COVID-19, those on the high priority list for getting protective jabs in Mold will welcome the news that a local GP, Pendre Surgery, are now able to offer out the injection.

Taking to their Facebook page on Saturday morning, a spokesman said: “We are so pleased to say that we received enough doses of the vaccine this week to vaccinate the remainder of our care home patients and begin our 80+ clinics!

“Dr Cotton gave the vaccine to 80 patients over the age of 80 yesterday [Friday] - we had a great turnout.

“As we move forward, we will be adding in more clinics (mainly at weekends) as and when we receive information on how much stock we are receiving and when we are receiving it.

“We will keep you updated on everything via this Facebook page, our website, our pre-recorded message on the phones and through the health board too.

“Again, we thank you so much for your patience during this time. As you can appreciate, our staff are working extra hard at the moment to facilitate these clinics on top of normal workload.

“If you are over the age of 80 and haven’t been called for an appointment yet, you will be over the coming weeks. We have several hundred patients to work through and have to monitor our stock levels.”

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board continue to remind people not to contact GP surgeries directly asking for a vaccine appointment, and to instead wait for them to reach out to you when you become eligible.

This priority list, according to Public Health Wales, is as follows:

1. residents in a care home for older adults and their carers

2. all those 80 years of age and over and frontline health and social care workers

3. all those 75 years of age and over

4. all those 70 years of age and over and clinically extremely vulnerable individuals

5. all those 65 years of age and over

6. all individuals aged 16 years to 64 years with underlying health conditions which put them at higher risk of serious disease and mortality

7. all those 60 years of age and over

8. all those 55 years of age and over

9. all those 50 years of age and over