A 73-year-old woman became the first person to be inoculated at Ripon’s new vaccination centre yesterday.
Snow delayed the opening until 1.30pm when a steady stream of people began to arrive.
The first was Maureen Lambden, from Ripon, who described the experience as “fantastic”. She said she was “very, very grateful” to receive the vaccine.
The centre is being staffed by doctors and nurses from local GP surgeries.
Volunteer marshals, North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service and the racecourse’s own team are also on site helping.
Ripon’s testing centre has the capacity to vaccinate between 500 and 600 people at the racecourse daily.
It is thought the centre will open on Tuesdays and Wednesdays but a press briefing today of North Yorkshire Local Resilience Forum, the organisation that represents agencies leading the county’s response to covid, heard opening times will depend on vaccine supply.
Dr Richard Fletcher, from Dr Ingram and Partners in Ripon and clinical director of Ripon and Masham Primary Care Network, said:
“We’re grateful to Ripon racecourse for stepping forward to offer their site for this, as it solves many of the problems presented by other locations.
“It is another significant step in increasing coverage in the region.”
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