The first Covid-19 vaccines have been administered at the Westmorland Shopping Centre today to much excitement. Doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine began being administered at 1pm on the top floor of the centre from within the former Clintons unit. Over-70s and clinically extremely vulnerable patients are currently being called in for their jabs at the centre and there will be two queues, one for patients registered at a Kendal GP surgery and one for those called forward who live within 45 minutes of the centre. Dr Ed Clarke, director of Kendal Primary Care Network, said: “It feels brilliant to be open.