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.
Anyone who has booked a jab at the Cliffs should arrive no more than five minutes before their appointment. The centre will also be vaccinating health and care staff who are being urged to get their first dose as soon as possible to protect themselves and others. NHS staff are also visiting those who are housebound and unable to travel to any of the vaccine sites in Southend.
Why is the vaccine centre at the Cliffs? The theatre has of course been closed for sometime now because of the coronavirus pandemic and latest lockdown. Bosses say it was the ideal location for a mass vaccine site.
The Cliffs Pavilion is one of five new mass vaccine centres set to open in Essex. It is hoped the new sites will help the Government continue the rollout of the Covid jab and meet the initial target of vaccinating 15 million vulnerable and elderly people in just two week’s time. Here s everything you need to know.
When will it open? Health bosses initially said the new centre was set to open this week - and we re delighted to say we re running live updates today as the centre opens it s doors.
What’s the difference between the new site and current vaccine centres?
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