Safeguarding nurse Richard Painter receiving his COVID-19 vaccine at Scunthorpe General Hospital. | Photo: NLaG
A new online calculator estimates how far in the queue for a COVID-19 vaccine you are, and when you can expect to be given your doses.
The Omni vaccine calculator gets you to answer a few questions, such as age, whether you are a health worker and if you have any underlying health conditions, before showing your place in the queue.
This system is based on the UK government’s nine-point priority list for who will have access to the vaccine first, with care home residents and carers at the top of the list.
The results show you a range of how many people are in front of you in the queue based on your answers.
An example of the vaccine queue estimates from Omni calculator.
With the Pfizer vaccine first being approved on December 2, 2020, and the first dose being administered on December 8, Omni calculator looks at when you might expect to get your vaccine.
Any vaccine queue results on the site are based on a guideline vaccination rate of 1,000,000 a week and an uptake of 70.6%, the guideline figure experts give to achieve herd immunity for flu.
It also measures how long you’ll have to wait for the second dose, with it being announced that you will need two jabs for coronavirus immunity.
If you tick yes as a care home resident or worker, it is estimated that your first vaccine dose will be given to you before January 10, and the second between March 31 and April 4.
Janet Judson, 84, a retired nurse, was the first in Lincolnshire to get the COVID vaccine from lead nurse Leanne Belton. | Photo: ULHT
If you answer no to all the questions, there is likely to be multiple millions of people ahead of you in the queue.
For instance, a 25-year-old with no underlying health conditions that isn’t a carer is expected to have between 26 and 37 million people in front of them.
This predicts that the first vaccine dose will be given to them between July 12 and September 26, with the second coming between October 4 and December 19.
With the new Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine being approved and administered already in Lincolnshire and the rest of the UK, it is hoped that more vaccinations will be able to take place.
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Marc Jones, the re-elected Conservative Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner, said that his work is not done, as he’s looking forward to a further three years in the role.
Mr Jones won with a 57.9% majority of the poll from the first round of counting, with 102,813 votes from a 31% turnout. A total of 177,528 votes were placed county-wide.
The nearest candidate was Labour’s Rosanne Kirk, with a 19% share of the votes, with Lincolnshire Independent David Williams securing the third spot with 10%.
The breakdown of the votes cast on Thursday, May 6, and counted on Saturday, may 8, was:
Marc Jones (Conservative) – 102,813
Rosanne Kirk (Labour) – 34,310
David Williams (Lincolnshire Independent) – 18,375
Ross Pepper (Liberal Democrats) – 10,172
Peter Escreet (Reform UK) – 6,101
Marc Jones: “More work to do”
“It’s very gratifying to have concluded today on the first count, that was a really positive thing for what I’ve delivered so far,” said Mr Jones.
“But I’m under no illusions having spoken to many around the county there’s an awful lot more work to do.”
He said he wanted to assure the public that “nothing was taken for granted”.
Rosie Kirk – Labour – 2nd place
Labour’s candidate Rosie Kirk said she was “thrilled for her party” across all three elections that had taken place in Lincolnshire this week.
“The votes that we got was incredible. Our message got through and to actually come second in a Conservative county is really great,” she said.
However, she added that there were “lots of questions that still need to be asked” and promised to keep up her scrutiny of Marc in his role.
Ross Pepper – Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrat candidate Ross Pepper said the result was not “entirely unexpected”.
However, he said he was proud of the three Liberal Democrat councillors that had won seats in the local elections at Lincolnshire County and City of Lincoln Councils.
“I’m ready to work with them for a better Lincolnshire and a better Lincoln,” he said.
“In a Conservative heavy county we did a really good job of getting the Liberal Democrat message out there… and we continue pushing that message through local campaigning in the future.”
David Williams – Lincolnshire Independents
David Williams, the Lincolnshire Independents PCC candidate congratulated Marc Jones on his victory but said it is “not a surprising outcome”.
“I’m really pleased to have run for the post, because if I hadn’t have had a go to do a job that I really would have relished then I would have looked back and regretted not having taking the opportunity.”
Peter Escreet – Reform UK
Peter Escreet, the Reform UK candidate also said the result “was as expected” but actually he was “pleasantly surprised,” saying that this is “just the start”.
“The real campaign is in three years’ time” where Mr Escreet wants to grow a majority.
Conservative Marc Jones has been re-elected to the Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner role.
He won from the first round of counting with 102,813 votes from a 31% turnout.
The PCC oversees the strategy and finances of the force, and also hires and fires chief constables, who are responsible for the daily policing operations.
Mr Jones will be in the position for three years.
The breakdown of the results is:
Marc Jones (Conservative) – 102,813
Rosanne Kirk (Labour) – 34,310
Ross Pepper (Liberal Democrats) – 10,172
David Williams (Lincolnshire Independent) – 18,375
Peter Escreet (Reform UK) – 6,101
Here’s the live result announcement, the reactions and acceptance speech:
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