Vaccine registration resumes

About 6,800 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine are expected to arrive this week, reports corona.fo.

The plan is to use just under 3,000 of these to administer second shots, which means that about 4,000 people can now book an appointment to get their first shot.

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The registration site is currently only available in Faroese. Those requiring assistance with filling in the forms can call 304545 on weekdays 2pm - 4pm. Questions can also be directed to the Corona hotline (304040), open Mondays-Thursdays 10am-3pm.

According to the latest vaccination figures on corona.fo, updated today, 28,060 people (52.6 percent of the population) have received the first shot of the vaccine, while 18,814 (35.2 percent) have received the second shot.

For further information about Covid-19 in the Faroes, visit corona.fo.

Translated by prosa.fo

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