In the UK, sports stadiums and 800 year-old cathedrals have become makeshift COVID vaccine clinics
By Kate Guest
SunSunday 14
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Salisbury Cathedral in the UK has been converted into a makeshift clinic for COVID-19 vaccinations.
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When it came to finding venues to host Britain s enormous COVID-19 vaccine rollout, the UK government had to get creative.
To meet its target of vaccinating 15 million Britons in just two months, it would need to enlist not just GP surgeries and hospitals, but large sites capable of accommodating around 1,000 people a day.
The vaccination sites would also have to be well-ventilated, with wide entrances and exits, spacious rooms that could be easily transformed into safe waiting areas and, in an ideal world, have plenty of parking.