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Dec 2021
Harrogate vaccine walk-ins: go in afternoon tomorrow to avoid queues
Staff giving vaccines at the Great Yorkshire Showground in Harrogate have advised anyone planning a walk-in booster jab tomorrow to go in the afternoon.
The decision to allow over-18s to just turn up and get boosters prompted a wave of visitors to the showground today. Some people queued for an hour to get jabbed.
Tim Yarrow, operations manager for Yorkshire Health Network, which is a federation of the 17 GP practices in the Harrogate district, said the site had a lot of booked appointments tomorrow morning but the afternoon was quieter.
Anyone arriving for morning walk-ins would receive a booster, said Mr Yarrow, but they might have to wait for up to an hour.
He said it was likely to be quieter after 12.30pm.
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Another 102 covid infections were reported today in the Harrogate district.
The district's seven-day infection rate has fallen slightly to 422 cases per 100,000. The North Yorkshire average is 380 and the England average is 505.
No further covid-related deaths have been reported at Harrogate District Hospital, meaning the overall total remains at 200.
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