Covid-19: Northampton s new mass vaccination centre opens
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image captionPeople who are eligible to have the vaccine are being urged to take up their appointments at the mass vaccination centre
A new mass vaccination centre aimed at expanding the roll-out of the Covid-19 jab has opened in Northamptonshire.
The NHS said the hub, based at Moulton Park in Northampton, could enable thousands of people to vaccinated each week.
The centre will operate seven days a week from 08:00 to 20:00 GMT.
Chief executive of Northamptonshire Clinical Commissioning Group, Toby Sanders, said it would create significant extra capacity .
Nationally, more than six million people have now received their first dose of coronavirus vaccine.