Roll-out of 16,000 extra jabs in Blackburn's Covid variant fight

THOUSANDS of additional people who live and work in Blackburn are getting vaccinated amid a battle with rising coronavirus infection rates.
Health bosses in the town have managed to secure an extra 16,000 doses of the vaccine as officials look to tackle the spread of the Indian variant of the virus, which has hit the town hard.
Speaking in the Commons on Tuesday, the Health Secretary Matt Hancock confirmed that over 400 cases of the variant, which spreads more rapidly, had been detected in Blackburn with Darwen and Bolton.
Today and yesterday, six new vaccination centres have been opened – four in Blackburn with Darwen, one in Accrington and one in Burnley. One of them is the pop-up centre in Penny Street Car Park, Blackburn, which opened at 8.30am today.

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