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May 2021
Knaresborough vaccine site cancels all appointments for today's clinic
The vaccination centre in Knaresborough cancelled all appointments for today's clinic due to staff problems.
The site, run by Homecare Pharmacy Services at the former Lidl supermarket, needs to have a pharmacist present at all times to oversee injections.
But the pharmacist scheduled to attend today was unable able to make it so the clinic was cancelled.
Jason Baskind, managing director of Homecare Pharmacy Services, told the Stray Ferret:
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The vaccine centre reopened last weekend and administered 1,800 jabs after supply shortages forced it to close for almost a month.
The site, which is now able to give both the Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca jabs, is set to re-open tomorrow for the rest of the week.
It aims to give an average of 1,000 jabs a day.
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