A LEISURE centre in Flintshire which is serving as a Covid-19 field hospital could potentially start to re-open to the public by the summer, it’s been revealed. Deeside Leisure Centre in Queensferry has been closed since the coronavirus pandemic began in March last year and was later converted into one of three Rainbow hospitals in North Wales. Built to boost capacity at the region’s main hospitals, it received its first patients in November and is also currently being used as a vaccination centre. However, with cases locally now lower than they were during the second wave of the virus in January, politicians have sought answers on when the leisure centre will be restored for its original purpose.