Mass vaccination centre at Taunton Racecourse welcomes first patients for Covid-19 jab
It is one of ten new mass vaccination centres that opened today in England
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The team at the mass vaccination centre at Taunton Racecourse on opening day
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Taunton Racecourse has welcomed its first patients after being converted into one of ten mass vaccinations sites that opened across England yesterday (Monday, January 18).
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SOMERSET people in the highest priority groups will be able to get the Covid-19 vaccines at three new locations. The new sites at Wincanton Community Hospital, College Way Surgery in Taunton, and Wellington Community Hospital are in addition to the 12 sites already up and running. Practice teams have been working hard to develop and prepare the new community locations, ready to welcome the first people to have their vaccine over the next few days. Health and care teams across the county have been working closely with national NHS colleagues to set up local GP vaccination services for the most vulnerable people, alongside the national delivery schedule.