The queue for the vaccinations at Staffordshire University
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Hundreds of students have received jabs after a coronavirus vaccination centre was set up at Staffordshire University.
Organisers were inundated with people wanting to snap up one of the 730 slots today.
The pop-up clinic targeted students as young as 18, who were able to get their first dose before the national rollout reaches the under-25s.
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A medical centre has stressed face-to-face appointments are still available for its patients - based on their clinical need .
The reassurance comes as GP surgeries nationally are coming under fire from patients who are enduring long phone queues and then countless questions from receptionists during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Fears are being raised that younger people in Stoke-on-Trent are refusing to take up the offer of a coronavirus vaccination.
The news comes as a city centre practice advertised they had 600 jabs at risk of going to waste yesterday as those in their late 30s and early 40s have been declining the jab en-masse.
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Around 300 coronavirus vaccinations are available in Stoke-on-Trent today.
Initially 600 jabs were available, but 300 have already been booked in by people from across the city.
Harley Street Medical Centre s practice manager Yvonne Bell explained people in the current vaccination cohort, aged 36 and up, would be prioritised for the jabs at the outreach clinic in Moss Green.