Covid-19 vaccines are being rolled out, via invitation-only.
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Two landmark venues in Devon are opening as NHS Vaccination Centres, ready to vaccinate tens of thousands of local people in coming weeks.
The Mayflower Grandstand at Plymouth Argyle Football Club’s Home Park Stadium, and exhibition and event venue Westpoint Exeter offered their first booked appointments to people in priority groups from Tuesday.
The two sites in Devon are among six launching across the South West today, bringing the national total to 50.
The Home Park and Westpoint Exeter sites mean thousands more vaccinations will be given every week in Devon and provide local people have a wider choice of options when they receive their invitation for an appointment.
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image captionNHS Devon said the two sites would deliver the vaccine to thousands more people
Two mass vaccination centres will expand the roll-out of the Covid-19 jab in Devon from Tuesday.
Plymouth Argyle Football Club s Home Park Stadium and the Westpoint conference centre in Exeter have been selected as the host sites.
NHS Devon said it would mean thousands more vaccinations could be delivered to residents each week.
Darryn Allcorn, chief nurse for the vaccination project, said it was great news for the region.
People aged 80 and over will be the first to be invited for vaccination at one of the two new centres.
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Thousands will receive the Covid jab in the Mayflower Grandstand
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