First COVID vaccinations take place at Home Park Stadium
People started getting the jabs on Tuesday (26 January)
The Mayflower Grandstand at Home Park is now serving as a COVID-19 vaccination centre.
It opened on Tuesday (26 January), alongside another venue at Westpoint Exeter.
It means that thousands more vaccinations can be given every week in Devon, and provides local people have a wider choice of options when they receive their invitation for an appointment.
Anyone who cannot or does not want to travel to one of the sites can be vaccinated by their local GP service.
Nobody needs to contact the NHS, as people will be invited when it is their turn and people cannot get vaccinated by just turning up.
The site is being managed by University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, which runs the city’s Derriford Hospital.
Plymouth Argyle FC has been supporting the NHS since the beginning of the pandemic, with the Mayflower Grandstand temporarily hosting health services such as phlebotomy and antenatal services to relieve pressure on Derriford.
Argyle Chief Executive Officer Andrew Parkinson said:
"We are delighted to have once again been able to offer up Home Park to assist with the fight to end the coronavirus pandemic."