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THE mass vaccination centre at the BIC reopened yesterday for walk-in sessions – with booked appointments resuming next week. Anyone who requires their first or second vaccination is being urged to book a slot online, although walk-in jabs are available this week from 11am and 6pm until tomorrow evening for anyone aged over 18. Covid services manager Anna Chainey, of DorsetHealthcare NHS Trust, said: Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines are available "with the more vaccinated the better". She told the Daily Echo: “We wanted to offer walk-in appointments today because here at the BIC we...

The vaccination centre at the BIC in Bournemouth COVID vaccinations will resume at the BIC earlier than planned following a closure so a cheerleading competition could take place at the town centre venue. The site in Exeter Road has operated as a mass vaccination centre for the region for many months. As reported, Dorset HealthCare NHS Trust had to pause its use of Purbeck Hall late last month so that the Future Cheer International Cheerleading Competition could take place last weekend. The decision to call a temporary halt to the jabs at Exeter Road site so the event could take place...

DORSET’S largest vaccination clinic is set to be used for catch-up school immunisations alongside the Covid vaccine programme. The Bournemouth International Centre (BIC) has been operating as a Covid vaccination centre since January, with capacity to vaccinate 9,000 people a week. It is now being readied to deliver vaccinations for school children. Dorset Healthcare’s school age immunisation team (SAIS) is using the bespoke facilities to catch up on HPV (Human Papillovirus) immunisations that were delayed last year due to the pandemic and school closures. Kate Harvey, service di...

Staff at the BIC’s vaccination centre marked the passing of Captain Sir Tom by taking part in the nationwide applause in his honour Staff at the BIC’s vaccination centre marked the passing of Captain Sir Tom by taking part in the nationwide applause in his honour. The 100-year-old, who raised almost £33m for NHS charities by walking laps of his garden, died with coronavirus on Tuesday February 2 after being admitted to Bedford Hospital on January 31. The Army veteran captured the nation’s hearts by walking 100 laps of his garden last spring during the first coronavirus lockdown...

Preparation at the BIC started in December and the vaccination centre will open on Monday. Officials stated, at capacity, it will vaccinate 1,300 people a day, and more than 9,000 a week. Anna Chainey, Covid-19 service manager at the Dorset Healthcare Trust, said: “People have been going above and beyond to make this happen. This is the positive end of Covid. “Everything else with Covid is in not a very nice place and these large vaccination sites are really positive, but it is a marathon not a sprint, we are not going to get everyone vaccinated in the next three weeks. “For t...