More doses of non-Oxford AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines will be available on the Isle of Wight by the middle of June at the latest, the Island's MP has told the County Press.

Bob Seely says there will soon be better availability for Islanders aged under 40 to book jabs here.

Currently, there is a bottleneck of age groups being called by the government for their vaccine appointments but nowhere to get one, after government safety advice changed.

Scores of Islanders are reporting that only mainland appointments are available (via the official NHS booking options), because the Oxford AstraZeneca jab is no longer advised for those aged 18-39.

It is the only vaccine being handed out at the Isle of Wight's main injection hubs, but Mr Seely says that is about to change.

He says GPs will also be branching out to use alternatives.

The Pfizer BioNTech version is much more difficult to store. The Moderna jab, though approved in the UK, is not currently being given out on the Isle of Wight and a fourth option, the single dose Johnson and Johnson, has only just been approved.

There has been frustration, because in some areas it is understood that Islanders aged in their 20s have been called by their GPs and have been able to get their vaccinations, while in other parts of the Island people in their late 30s are still waiting.

Some have been turned away from The Riverside Centre, in Newport.

As the Isle of Wight County Press reported yesterday (Wednesday), one 37-year-old from Ventnor called the system a 'total mess', when her Cowes-based younger brother got his jab first.

A 37-year-old from The Bay area said there was a 'major flaw' in the system.

Mr Seely said: "The health teams are aware there is a problem.

"If you want to go to the mainland for a vaccination appointment, you can choose to do that, but if not, you don't need to."

He says, if those affected can wait a week or so, there will be other options and much better availability.

The system where the government calls aged groups forward (which has reached people as young as 18, in some parts of the country) runs alongside GPs handing out appointments as and when they become available.

The County Press has also asked NHS England and the Clinical Commissioning Group, which runs health services, for a comment.