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The high street Covid-19 vaccine question: Why is the government overlooking pharmacies that could vaccinate a million people a week? If local chemists were recruited, they alone could hit half the government s weekly vaccination target – but so far only six are delivering the jabs. It has been a busy start to the year at the Priory Community Pharmacy in the West Midlands town of Dudley. Situated on a small high road of shops among residential streets, alongside a hardware wholesaler and a shuttered salon called Hairs & Graces, it has remained open throughout the pandemic, serving customers and reassuring patients.
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Evergreen For full details and addresses of pharmacies taking part or to book a test at a pharmacy go to 1centralhealth.co.uk/covidscreen. A separate lateral flow rapid testing site, also part of the pilot, is also planned for fire service crews but this will not be open to the public. Health chiefs say the super fast tests will play a huge part in breaking the chain of infection so it’s important that people use them. Olutayo Arikawe, pharmacist at Priory Pharmacy, said: The tests are quick and simple to do and people get their results really quickly. Taking one of these tests when you are symptom free is a big step in terms of breaking the chain of the virus and reducing transmission.