Nervous about the Covid jab? Get a Somerset buddy to ease your concerns
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Covid vaccinations are set to finish from the end of May at The Mulberry Centre in Berrow when the service will move to Cheddar, it has been announced this week.
The Berrow site has been the focus for local vaccinations in the Burnham-On-Sea area since it opened last December.
NHS Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group says the GP-led community site will not continue in to phase two of vaccinations, to enable teams to focus more on day-to-day healthcare services.
Vaccinations will continue to be offered from the pharmacy-led site at the BASC sports ground in Burnham-On-Sea.
NHS Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group says: “The Somerset COVD vaccination programme is making very good progress, with over 572,874 vaccines given as of 16 May 2021.”
They were given the opportunity to re-book the following day, when an extra clinic was organised. The problem centred around an error in the temperature readings of a vaccine fridge on Thursday. A spokesperson for the clinic told the BBC: The clinics were postponed as a precautionary measure as patient safety is of the utmost importance. A Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group spokesperson told the broadcaster all vaccine fridges are closely monitored . They added: We can confirm that an error was found on the temperature reading of the vaccine fridge.which resulted in an alarm being triggered. It s extremely important that vaccines are stored at the correct temperature to ensure that they will work properly.