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Pop-up clinics offer walk-in Covid vaccinations in County Durham this weekend without appointments

Those who are still waiting to receive their coronavirus vaccination can attend one of the pop-up walk-in clinics across County Durham to get their jab.

All over-18s can turn up at any of the three pop-up vaccination clinics to get their first or second jab on Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 June without an appointment.

Anyone who lives or works in County Durham will be able to attend the clinics, though the vaccine type will be determined on age and clinical eligibility.

It comes as all adults were made eligible for jabs last week as part of the NHS Covid Vaccination Programme- the biggest in health service history.

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Below is a full list of locations, times and vaccines available for each clinic.

Shildon

When: Saturday, June 26, 8.30am-12.30pm and 2pm-4pm

Where: Burke Street Surgery, Shildon

Operated by Sedgefield One Primary Care Network (PCN).

First doses only of the Pfizer vaccine will be available for people aged 18 and over with 800 doses available.

Millennium Place, Durham

When: Saturday, June 26, 11am – 6pm

Where: Millennium Place, Durham, (outside the Gala Theatre)

Operated by Easington District and Durham West Primary Care Networks (PCNs).

First and second doses of the Pfizer vaccine will be available for people aged 18 and over - second doses will only be given to people who had their first Pfizer dose at least eight weeks ago.

There are 1,500 doses available.

First and second doses of AstraZeneca (AZ) vaccine will be available for people age 40 and over, second doses will only be given to people who had their first AZ dose at least eight weeks ago.

Again, there are more than 1,500 doses available.

Market Place, Durham

When: Sunday, June 27, 9am – 5pm

Where: Boots Pharmacy, 2-5 Market Place, Durham

First and second doses of the Pfizer vaccine will be available for people aged 18 and over - second doses will only be given to people who had their first Pfizer dose at least eight weeks ago.

There are 340 doses available.

First and second doses of AstraZeneca (AZ) vaccine will be available for people age 40 and over, second doses will only be given to people who had their first AZ dose at least eight weeks ago.

There are 40 doses available.

Dr Stewart Findlay, chief officer, NHS County Durham Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and clinical director of the Covid-19 Vaccination Programme in the North East and North Cumbria, said: "If people haven’t had their first Covid-19 vaccine yet, this is a great opportunity to go along to one of the three participating walk-in clinics taking place across County Durham this weekend.

"For people that have had one jab and are now due their second it is vitally important that they get both doses of the vaccine.

"This walk-in clinic approach is another example of our health teams making a real difference to local people and ensuring that wherever you live in Country Durham you can get a vaccination."

Vaccination teams across County Durham have delivered more than 620,549 Covid-19 jabs from 14 GP led vaccination clinics, five community pharmacies, the Melissa mobile vaccination bus and the Arnison Centre large vaccination hub.

Walk-in clinics are already taking place in Peterlee, Horden, Kelloe, Seaham and Ferryhill.

Amanda Healy, Director of Public Health for County Durham, added: "Getting both doses of the vaccination really is the best way for everyone to protect themselves from coronavirus, including the Delta variant, and to contribute towards keeping their loved ones healthy as well.

"We know that the vast majority of cases we are seeing are in our younger age groups who are now eligible for vaccination and the fact we are not seeing as many in older groups who have had the vaccine is testament to how successful it is.

"I would therefore strongly urge people to attend one of these walk-in clinics."

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