Great Yorkshire Showground set to remain open as Covid-19 vaccine site
Its in response to the booster programme and the Omicron variant
Last updated 8th Dec 2021
The Covid-19 vaccination site at Harrogate’s Great Yorkshire Showground is set to remain open into the New Year as the booster programme is ramped up in response to the Omicron variant.
NHS officials are in talks with the Yorkshire Event Centre which delivered around 1,300 jabs when it reopened as a vaccine site on Monday (6 December).
The site initially planned to close on 22 December, but it now looks set to remain open for longer after the government announced an extension to the booster programme with all over-18s set to be offered a third jab by the end of January.
Heather Parry, managing director of the Yorkshire Event Centre, said talks with the NHS had been positive and that it was now “finalising details” for an extension of the site.
She said:
“We are proud to have worked with the NHS throughout the pandemic and we will continue to support them.
“Thanks to the vital work they are doing here on the Great Yorkshire Showground, thousands of local people have received their first and second jabs and now their booster jabs in this crucial drive to keep the nation safe from Covid-19.
“We are finalising details with the NHS about continuing to offer a vaccination centre here in the New Year and will work with them to ensure the public are updated as soon as possible.”