Lord's opens up as Covid-19 vaccination centre

On Friday, the first members of the community received injections at the ground, where the boroughs’ largest vaccine centre now stands

A Covid-19 vaccination centre has been opened at Lord’s following discussions between the MCC and Healthcare Central London.

On Friday, the first members of the community received injections at the ground, where the boroughs’ largest vaccine centre now stands.

Local residents and primary care staff arrived at the venue from 8am, with up to 1,000 people expected to have been vaccinated over the course of its first day in use.

MCC secretary and chief executive Guy Lavender said: “We are fortunate to be able to have the appropriate facilities at Lord’s and we are extremely glad to be able to support the NHS and our community in this way.

“During the pandemic we have been able to provide amenities to local hospitals and we are eager to continue to assist wherever we can with the rollout of the vaccination programme.

“We are eager to continue to assist wherever we can with the rollout of the vaccination programme.”

^{The Thomas Lord Suite has been set up for vaccinations (Image credit: MCC)}

Dr Saul Kaufman, clinical director of St John’s Wood and Maida Vale primary care network, added: “We’re delighted to have a centre of such an impressive size at Lord’s, which will help the smooth rollout of the Covid-19 vaccination programme.

“The team at Lord’s have been incredible to work with and this facility will enable healthcare staff to be able to administer a significant number of vaccinations, in a tremendous effort towards the inoculation programme, and to indeed, aiming to knock Covid for six.”

Several sporting venues have offered their premises as vaccination centres in recent days.

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