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Oct 2021
Great Yorkshire Showground vaccine centre to reopen
A vaccination centre will reopen at the Great Yorkshire Showground in Harrogate amid surging covid cases driven by the transmission of the virus in schools.
An urgent press conference called today to address the Harrogate district's high infection rate heard the Yorkshire Event Centre will be used to administer jabs again.
Currently there is no specific date for the return of the showground vaccine centre, which was last used in June. However, the meeting heard it will coincide with the "peak of the booster programme".
Today's meeting was convened hastily in response to the district's seven-day coronavirus rate reaching 733 cases per 100,000 people.
It is the highest in Yorkshire and one of the highest in England.
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Rachael Durrett, head of communication and engagement at North Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group said during the meeting:
'Vaccine centre will not clash with events'
A spokesperson for the Great Yorkshire Showground said the vaccine centre will not clash with any of its existing events.
The vaccine centre will open in Hall 2 straight after the Christmas fair, which runs from December 2 to 5.
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