The first vaccines will be given at the site of the former B&M Bargains store in St. John’s Shopping Centre on Tithebarn Street on Thursday afternoon (February 18).
The Post understands a marquee which has been erected at the bus station opposite the new vaccination centre will provide heated shelter as part of a queuing system.
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People are being urged to arrive on time for their appointments - and not early - to avoid queues forming.
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The NHS in the region apologised earlier this month after it was reported that dozens of people were left waiting outside in the cold at the mass vaccination centre at Blackburn Cathedral, after many arrived as much as two hours before their appointments.
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"A great deal of hard work goes into setting up these sites, particularly when they are not in health settings," Jane Scattergood, vaccination director for the Lancashire and South Cumbria integrated care system, said. "It is about delivering the vaccination programme locally where people will be able to access services the most."