NHS England have officially confirmed that the coronavirus mass vaccination centre in Milton Keynes City Centre will open tomorrow.
It follows an MKFM exclusive story yesterday revealing that the centre was due to open this week.
Capacity for 2,000 vaccinations a day will be in place at the new site, on top of existing local vaccine sites across the city.
The centre will be supported by staff from Stadium MK and MK Dons, who will be helping out in a number of areas including car parking, marshaling and manning information points at the site.
The team said they are proud to be working with the NHS to help deliver the mass vaccination centre.
Saxon Court in Milton Keynes will be one of 18 new mass vaccination centres opening their doors for the first time tomorrow across the country.
The openings will mean there are more than 100 of the large-scale centres offering the life-saving jab, along with more than local 1,000 GP services, almost 200 run by High Street pharmacy services and over 250 hospital hubs.
Millions of letters have already been sent out to those eligible to get their jabs at the major vaccination sites across the country.
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.
If anyone has already received a jab since the letter was sent out or would prefer to wait to be invited to attend a hospital or GP service, they can simply ignore it.
The NHS made history when Maggie Keenan became the first person in the world to be protected against coronavirus outside of a clinical trial when she received the Pfizer vaccine at Coventry Hospital on the 8 December.
The NHS was also the first health system to deliver the new Oxford AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine when Brian Pinker, 82, was jabbed on January 4.
Dr Nikki Kanani, GP and NHS medical director for primary care, said: “Tremendous efforts have been made by GPs across the country to ensure we vaccinate those people who are in the priority cohorts as determined by the JCVI."
“Since the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine was approved for use and we began administering it on 4 January when Brian Pinker became the first person to receive the jab, my colleagues across the country have been prioritising the vaccination programme roll out which is our biggest chance of beating this virus."
“Please remember the NHS will be in touch with you when it’s your turn to be vaccinated.”
The other mass-vaccination centres opening for the first time tomorrow are:
- Chesterton Indoor Bowls Club, Cambridge
- East of England Showground, Peterborough
- Hemel Hempstead Hospital, Hemel Hempstead
- Norwich Community Hospital , Norwich
- Old Laws Court, Lowerstoft
- Whitemore Lakes, Lichfield
- Elland Road Stadium, Leeds
- Hull City Hall, Hull
- Alderley Park Conference centre, Macclesfield
- Chester Race Course, Chester
- Bucks University Aylesbury Campus, Aylesbury
- St John Shopping Centre, Preston
- The Mall, Burnley
- The Mill Arts & Events Centre, Rayleigh
- Saxon Court, Milton Keynes
- Watford Town Hall, Watford
- Watling House, Dunstable
- Angel Centre, Tonbridge
