Watch: Barry Leisure Centre s fresh new look after re-opening yesterday GYM-GOERS across the Vale returned to the gym for the first time since December on Monday. Gyms, fitness facilities, leisure centres, spas and swimming pools reopened on Monday, after the Welsh Government brought forward the opening date from May 10. Leisure centres across the Vale have been welcoming members back since day one. However, Holm View Leisure Centre in Barry has not reopened as it is being used as a mass vaccination site.
Barry Leisure Centre We spoke with Council Cabinet Member for Leisure, Arts and Culture, Cllr Kathryn McCaffer about the reopening at Barry Leisure Centre and said that she had popped to the gym yesterday.
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image captionPeople have been asked not to go to centres unless they have an appointment
A health board has asked people not to attend one of its mass vaccination centres without an appointment after an incorrect social media post was shared.
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board said people turning up at its Bayside mass vaccination centre were putting additional pressure on staff.
It also asked people to check official information before ringing the vaccination line.
The board said it was now inviting people in their 30s to get jabs.
Please share: We are aware of a social media post saying that people can turn up at Bayside Mass Vaccination Centre to receive their vaccination. This is not true. Please do not attend without an appointment. #CovidVaccine Cardiff & Vale UHB (@CV UHB) April 20, 2021
Britons can cheat the Covid vaccine queue system by claiming to be a carer to get jabbed early.
Officials aren t thoroughly checking the credentials of people when they turn up for their appointments, inoculated people claim.
NHS bosses say carers and NHS staff must provide proof of their occupation when they go to get vaccinated, such as letter identifying them as a registered carer.
Local authorities are running different identification schemes, including using carer passports and carer emergency cards.
But insiders involved in the day-to-day running of the scheme and dozens of Britons who claim to have been jabbed have told how there are no checks and no need to provide any proof of identity.
Nine staff members at a mass vaccination centre under the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board have tested positive for coronavirus, NHS bosses have confirmed. Cardiff and Vale University Health Board said some workers have tested positive at the Splott vaccination centre and other staff members are being tested. The other vaccination centres in the health board are at Holm View Leisure Centre in Barry and Pentwyn Leisure Centre. It comes as new testing sites are being opened around the city due to a surge in cases, with Covid-19 infection rates in the Welsh capital having risen by 90% in the past week alone.