Latest Covid-19 news from across Lancashire and South Cumbria
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New initiative opens the door for more people to have vaccines at home
Posted: 11th January 2022More people in Lancashire and South Cumbria can now get a COVID-19 vaccine from the comfort of their own home.
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Ewood Park scores Lancashire’s first drive-through vaccination clinic
Posted: 10th January 2022A new drive-through COVID-19 vaccine clinic is opening at Ewood Park this week giving local residents the chance to score their hat-trick of COVID jabs at the home of Blackburn Rovers!
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Lancashire and South Cumbria welcomes first dose surge and urges others to come forward for their jab
Posted: 30th December 2021The NHS in Lancashire and South Cumbria has welcomed a significant increase in people coming forward for their first dose of the Covid vaccine – and urged others to book their jabs in the run up to the New Year.
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45,000 jabs recorded in NHS ‘blockbooster’ weekend
Posted: 21st December 2021The NHS in Lancashire and South Cumbria gave out more than 45,000 booster jabs over Saturday and Sunday in the biggest weekend for the COVID-19 vaccination programme so far.
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Barrow school becomes vaccine clinic in Christmas holidays
Posted: 21st December 2021Schools may have closed for Christmas, but one school in Barrow is remaining open.
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Get your booster jab in central Lancashire at the new Bamber Bridge site
Posted: 18th December 2021The push to provide booster vaccinations ahead of the festive period continues in central Lancashire with the opening of a new clinic at Ribble House in Bamber Bridge.
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Auction mart turns vaccination clinic to help protect farming communities
Posted: 17th December 2021The auction mart at Junction 36, near Kendal, turned vaccine clinic for the day, as farmers and those living in more remote parts of the region flocked to get their booster jabs.
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Mobile vaccine clinic is back for boosters in Blackburn with Darwen!
Posted: 15th December 2021A mobile vaccine clinic is opening on the Royal Blackburn Hospital site from tomorrow, Thursday December 16, and parking is free for those getting vaccinated!
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Covid vaccination volunteer presented with BBC award
Posted: 14th December 2021A Covid-19 vaccination volunteer has been presented with a BBC North West Tonight Christmas Star for all his hard work since the vaccination programme began.
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NHS to offer booster booking to every adult by end of December
Posted: 13th December 2021The NHS vaccination programme will offer every adult the chance to book a COVID-19 booster vaccine by the end of the year in a race to protect the nation against the Omicron variant.