Fourth Large Vaccination Centre Opens In North East England

DARLINGTON, ENGLAND - MARCH 01: The AstraZeneca/Oxford University Covid-19 vaccine is drawn up and awaiting administration to patients at the Darlington Arena Vaccination Centre on March 01, 2021 in Darlington, England. The vaccination centre in Darlington is the fourth large Vaccination Centre for the north east region and joins the three Large Vaccination Centres at Newcastle’s Centre for Life, the NHS Nightingale Hospital North East, Sunderland and the Arnison Centre, Durham. These large centres support existing local GP led vaccination services. The Darlington Arena Vaccination Centre will be run by clinical staff, people who have been trained to become vaccinators, administrative staff and a range of volunteers who make sure the service operates as smoothly and safely as possible. As of yesterday, more than 20 million people in the United Kingdom have had at least one dose of a covid-19 vaccine, with nearly 800,000 having two doses. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)