Vaccine - Colchester United s stadium is now a vaccination centre COLCHESTER United’s stadium was today due to officially open as a mass coronavirus vaccination centre. The Jobserve Community Stadium, based off the A12, is one of six large-scale centres to be opening in the east of England this week. Chelmsford City Racecourse opened as a mass vaccine centre yesterday, and Clacton Hospital, in Tower Road, will be opening as one this Sunday. Tim Waddington, Colchester United’s general manager, said he is pleased the stadium can help facilitate the vaccine rollout. He said: “There are potential dates where there will be vaccinations and a football match running at the same time but I don’t see how this could be an issue, especially as fans cannot come and watch matches.
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. The centres 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.
The six new mass vaccination centres opening this week are at:
Chelmsford City Racecourse
The Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea
Clacton Hospital
Alastair Farquharson Centre, Thurrock Community Hospital It brings the total number of large vaccination centres in Essex and Suffolk to nine following the opening of The Lodge in Runwell in Wickford, Gainsborough Sports Centre and Harlow Leisurezone.
Chelmsford City Racecourse in the Braintree district will open as a mass coronavirus vaccination centre this week A MASS coronavirus vaccination centre is opening in the Braintree district this week, NHS bosses have confirmed. Chelmsford City Racecourse, in Great Leighs, is one of six mass vaccines centres opening in the east from today. Each centre can vaccine hundreds of people a day and thousands each week. This will enable the vaccination programme to expand as further vaccine supplies become available. The six new centres are among a series opening nationally this week as the NHS accelerates the number of sites which can distribute the first dose of the jab.
Colchester United s JobServe Community Stadium is set to become a vaccine centre
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New vaccination centres are set to open in Suffolk and north Essex this week.
It has been confirmed that the former Riverwalk School in Bury St Edmunds, Colchester United s JobServe Community stadium, Clacton Hospital and Chelmsford City Race Course are all set to become large vaccination centres.
Each will be able to inject hundreds of people to help grow the vaccination programme as more supplies become available.
The new centres follow the opening of a site at Gainsborough Sports Centre in Ipswich, which began vaccinations last week.
THE Cliffs Pavilion is to become a Covid-19 vaccination centre, it was revealed today. The theatre, in Station Road, Westcliff, is one of six new vaccination hubs announced today, including Chelmsford City Racecourse and Colchester United Football Club. The new centres are among a series opening nationally this week as the NHS rapidly accelerates the number of sites it can give the crucial first dose of the vaccine. Each of the centres can vaccinate hundreds of people a day and thousands of people each week, enabling the programme to ramp up as more vaccine supplies become available. People in the top four priority groups including people aged 70 years old and over, and those who are clinically extremely vulnerable, will be invited to book an appointment at the vaccination centres through the national booking service.