A NEW Covid vaccine site has been opened as the borough and country keeps fighting the virus pandemic.
The Alastair Farquharson Centre at Thurrock Community Hospital is to become a Covid-19 vaccination centre, it was revealed.
The vaccine centre is one of six announced this week, including Chelmsford City Racecourse and Colchester United Football Club and the Cliffs Pavilion in Southend.
The new centres are among a series opening nationally this week as the NHS rapidly accelerates the number of sites that can give the crucial first dose of the vaccine.
People in the top four priority groups including people aged 70 years old and over, and those who are clinically extremely vulnerable, are being invited to book an appointment at the vaccination centres through the national booking service.