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24
Mar 2021
Coronavirus vaccine centre to open in Pateley Bridge
A coronavirus vaccine centre is to open in Pateley Bridge next month with the capacity to provide up to 400 inoculations a day.
It will be the fourth vaccination site in the Harrogate district, following in the footsteps of the Great Yorkshire Showground in Harrogate, the racecourse at Ripon and the former Lidl in Knaresborough.
Pateley Bridge Pharmacy is behind the plans to open at Pateley Bridge and Bewerley Memorial Hall on Park Road.
The pharmacy led site will use the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine because it is easy to store and transport.
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Samina Khan, who runs Pateley Bridge Pharmacy, told the Stray Ferret that she hopes to be getting jabs in arms by April 6:
The pharmacy already has a team of medical professionals and volunteers on standby.
However, she asked for retired nurses and doctors who are interested in helping to reach out to Pateley Bridge Pharmacy. Call 01423 711329 if you are able to help.
Ms Khan said some people had complained to her pharmacy ab out having to pay up to £60 for travel to the other vaccine sites.
Chris Henderson, chairman of Pateley Bridge and Bewerley Memorial Hall trustees, said:
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