More than 200 people received jabs on the first day of Covid-19 vaccinations in Powys yesterday.

At present the only testing site that is operational is in Brecon – although Powys Teaching Health Board's booking system allows for front line workers from all over the county to receive a jab if they are happy to travel.

A second site in Newtown is scheduled to begin operations on Tuesday, the board has confirmed, and bookings for health workers hoping to receive the first of their two jabs next week are now open.

In total, Powys has received 975 doses of the Pfizer-made coronavirus vaccine. While full immunity requires a second jab, this will be administered from another batch which will be delivered in the new year, meaning that all 975 doses will be given to different people.

Already 280 people have been inoculated after the first day's operations in Brecon yesterday, with the first person to receive their jab coming from the Ystradgynlais area – although workers from further afield have also been given injections.

The priority groups for the vaccine are care home residents and staff, front line health and care staff, and the over-80s, but the practicalities of rolling out a vaccine that needs to be stored at minus 70 degrees means that front line staff who are able to travel to receive injections at hospitals have been the main beneficiaries so far.

The full plan for how vaccines will be rolled out across Powys is still being delivered, with a variety of factors at play including the availability of doses, and – once other types of vaccine are available – the efficacy and suitability of different types of jab for different parts of society.