THE county’s largest Covid vaccination centre will stop administering coronavirus jabs for a month – to allow a cheerleading event to take place.
Concerns have been raised following the move, which will see the Bournemouth International Centre (BIC) – which has capacity to vaccinate 9,000 people a week – temporarily pause its vaccination programme to allow the Future Cheer International Cheerleading Competition to take place at the beginning of July.
Dorset Healthcare, which runs the vaccination service, insists people will be able to receive their vaccinations at other sites while the clinic at the BIC pauses.
However, one source close to the BIC vaccination programme told the Echo they had concerns Covid jab progress could be set back by the month-long hiatus.