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Jan 2022
Councillor claims Harrogate vaccine staff 'bored stiff'
A Harrogate councillor has claimed that staff at the Great Yorkshire Showground were "bored stiff" because not enough people are coming forward to get jabbed.
Cliff Trotter, a Conservative who represents Pannal and Lower Wharfedale division, urged more people to get vaccines, saying that Harrogate was in a "bad place" due to the virus.
Speaking at a council meeting yesterday, Mr Trotter said he spoke to a tenant who works at the showground in Harrogate. He added:
He said central government was pushing the message daily on TV to get jabbed and pleaded with council colleagues to do the same.
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Cllr Trotter said he was concerned by talk that covid could be over by March. He said:
Cllr Trotter's comments were made during a meeting today of North Yorkshire County Council's Harrogate and Knaresborough area constituency committee.
More than 103,000 boosters
According to government figures, 103,149 booster or third jabs have been given in the Harrogate district, as of yesterday.
A total of 135,730 have had first jabs and 126,645 have had second jabs.
The district’s seven-day covid average stands at 1,507 per 100,000 people.
This is a record high but below both the county average, which stands at 1,623, and the England rate of 1,799.
Walk-in covid booster jabs are still available at Yorkshire Showground, Ripon Racecourse and the Chain Lane vaccination site in Knaresborough.
Both the Chain Lane and Yorkshire Showground sites will also be open this weekend for walk-in appointments.
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