Walk-in Covid vaccinations are being offered at the BIC to Bournemouth University students UNIVERSITY students in Bournemouth are being invited to walk-in session to get a Covid vaccine at the BIC. A statement published on Bournemouth University s (BU) website says vaccinations will be available to students aged over 18 from Tuesday, May 18, until Monday, May 24. The walk-ins have also been promoted on the institution s social media channels. The invitation to students comes at a time this week when across England patients aged 36 and 37 have been invited to book their first jab. Arts University Bournemouth students have received a similar notice, which was publised on the establishment s social media on the afternoon of May 18.
A trust spokesman said it was agreed to offer students in priority groups the chance to get a vaccination, however, a statement on Bournemouth University s website on May 18 suggested it was available to all aged over 18. The Dorset HealthCare spokesman told the Daily Echo: “We continue to give priority access for vaccinations to people in the eligible groups in line with national guidance. Working with Bournemouth University we offered spare capacity at the centre to students in priority groups, many of whom are soon to travel home.We have agreed that no further walk-ins will be offered once our capacity is reached.
The walk-ins were also promoted on the institution s social media channels. The invitation to students comes at a time this week when across England patients aged 36 and 37 have been invited to book their first jab. Arts University Bournemouth students have received a similar notice, which was published on the establishment s social media on the afternoon of May 18. University student Ciara Lathrope, who is one of the young people waiting in line to get her vaccination today, told the Echo: People just assume we don t care, when we really do. I want to get my vaccination today because at Christmas I was in hospital with Covid.
Student walk-in Covid vaccine jabs at the BIC scrapped after hectic morning A SERIES of walk-in Covid vaccine sessions for university students in Bournemouth have been scrapped after an overwhelming turnout. Hundreds of students from across Bournemouth University, Arts University Bournemouth and AECC queued at the BIC this morning to get a jab. This was after the universities invited students to attend the mass vaccination centre to make use of spare capacity . However, after a long queue formed even before the facility opened, students were told not to travel to the BIC and to try another day. Now the universities have confirmed the daily sessions, which were due to run until Monday, May 24, have been withdrawn until further notice.
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