Coronavirus: Vaccination

(asked on 4th March 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to ensure people who are needle phobic have access to a covid-19 vaccine through the development of alternative vaccination methods.


Answered by
Nadhim Zahawi Portrait
Nadhim Zahawi
This question was answered on 15th March 2021

Vaccinators at vaccine sites have received the appropriate training to make sure everyone feels safe. The process is overseen by clinicians who if required would be able to provide further assistance. We recommend that individuals with a needle phobia contact the vaccination centre directly prior to attendance to determine what mitigations they have for relevant patients, and to see if any special arrangements could be identified to help the recipient feel more comfortable.

Currently there is one route of administration of the COVID-19 vaccination.

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