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Dec 2021
Military could be drafted in to help Harrogate district booster vaccines
The army could be drafted in to help with the Harrogate district's booster vaccine rollout amid concern about the new coronavirus variant Omicron.
Public health officials in North Yorkshire said today they were looking at ways to increase capacity for vaccines after the minimum gap for boosters was halved to three months.
More sites, more vaccines and use of the army are among the options being considered.
The Great Yorkshire Showground in Harrogate will re-open as a vaccine site for coronavirus booster jabs on Monday.
It was scheduled to operate for just over a fortnight until December 22 but in a press conference today, public health officials confirmed they were in talks to extend this until March.
So far in North Yorkshire and York, the booster rollout in over-75s is 89% complete, 70 to 74-year-olds is 86% complete, 65 to 69-year-olds is 72% complete and 60 to 64-year-olds is 53% complete.
Boosters are below 50% for the remaining cohorts. Among 55 to 59-year-olds it is at 39%, 50 to 54-year-olds are at 32% and 40 to 49-year-olds are at 19%.
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Amanda Bloor, accountable officer for NHS North Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group, said:
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