A walk-in Covid-19 vaccine clinic will run in Northallerton this coming week to allow people to pop in at their convenience without needing to make an appointment.
The clinics will take place at Day Lewis Pharmacy Clinic at White Rose House, Northallerton Business Park, Thurston Road.
They will take place from 9am to 12.30pm and 2pm to 4.30pm on Monday, July 26 and Wednesday, July 28.
This is the Moderna vaccine for anyone aged 18 and over who has yet to received their first jab and those who need their second dose.
Officials say they hope young adults – as well as care workers and those in the over 50s who may not yet have taken up the opportunity to be vaccinated – come forward.
NHS North Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) chief nurse, Sue Peckitt, said: “These walk-in clinics are aimed at those people who have not taken up the opportunity to book their vaccine via the NHS National Booking Service or NHS 119.
“With many COVID restrictions set to be lifted on 19 July, it’s important we create a strong vaccine wall of resistance to help keep coronavirus transmission rates as low as possible, protect those who are most susceptible to suffering serious illness and reduce the impact on hospitals and other healthcare settings.”
North Yorkshire’s director of public health, Louise Wallace, said: “Vaccination is the most effective way to reduce the risk of developing serious or life-threatening symptoms from coronavirus, as well as protecting others in the community.
“The vaccination programme in this country has been a huge success and the numbers of people becoming seriously ill, or dying, as a result of contracting the disease have fallen dramatically.
“That is why it is important for those who have not yet had a jab to do so and the walk-in clinics have been organised to make that as convenient as possible.”
The delta variant of coronavirus is more easily transmitted than earlier forms of the illness, meaning vaccination is increasingly important as infection levels rise.
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