The Prime Minister has visited Barnet FC’s home stadium which turned into a coronavirus vaccination centre.
The Hive London, home of Barnet Football Club in Cannons Park, became one of the first Covid-19 NHS vaccination centres in the UK after it began administrating it on Tuesday (December 15).
It also became the first site within a football stadium to open its doors to the NHS for treatment, as the potentially life-saving vaccine is rolled out to those who are most vulnerable within the local community.
During Boris Johnson’s visit today (January 25) to the vaccination centre, it was revealed the site vaccinated over 13,000 people.
Speaking to reporters during the visit, Mr Johnson said ministers were looking at infection rates and progress in vaccinating the top priority groups, which are expected to be completed by mid-February.
When the site first opened, Dr Meena Thakur, clinical director of Harrow East Primary Care Network, said: “This could be the start of us beginning to get back to some sort of new normal, so this is a momentous day for us all.”
Harrow has more than 10,000 people aged 80 and over, Dr Thakur said, so people had to be prioritised on factors including whether they were physically able to make it to the centre and whether they had certain conditions such as diabetes or were from a BAME background, making them more vulnerable to the virus.
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