Players and public vaccinated at Posh stadium Covid jab sessions

Queues as walk-in session held over the weekend

Scores of people attended a walk-in vaccine clinic at Peterborough United’s home ground at the weekend as the city’s fight against coronavirus continues.

The walk-in clinic was held on Saturday and Sunday at the Weston Homes Stadium – and members of Peterborough United’s Championship squad were among the first to get a jab.

The event was one of a number of clinics being held across Peterborough to try and increase the number of people getting their jabs in the city. The previous weekend a clinic was held at the Thomas Walker Medical Centre.

A spokesperson for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG said; “The vaccination programme is progressing well across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, with more than a million Covid-19 vaccine doses delivered to date thanks to an incredible team effort. Thousands of people in Peterborough have now taken advantage of walk-in clinics across the city to get their jab, including at our pop-up walkin sites at Thomas Walker Surgery and at Peterborough United Football Club. We are planning further walk-in opportunities over the coming days and weeks, but if you’d rather get dates in the diary you can still choose to book your appointments online or by ringing 119.”

Halls The Chemist in Orton Wistow have released details of new walk-in clinics for residents to get their second doses.

In order to get your vaccine, you must have had your first dose at least eight weeks ago. No appointments are necessary, people just need to bring ID, a facemask and are encouraged to have eaten before attending.

Those in need of the AstraZeneca can call in between 8am and 1pm pn Thursday (July 1) and those for the Moderna can attend between 9am and 11am, plus between 1pm and 4pm on Saturday (July 3).

The current list of walkins clinics announced is as follows:

Daily until July 4; 9am to 3pm at East of England Showground and City Care Centre, Thorpe Road (AstraZeneca)

Wednesday June 30; 5pm to 8pm at Thomas Waller Surgery, Princes Street (AstraZeneca) Thursday July 1; 8am to 1pm at Halls The Chemist, Orton Wistow (AstraZeneca)

Thursday July 1; 5pm to 8pm at Thomas Walker Surgery, Princes Street (AstraZeneca)

Thursday July 1; 5:30pm to 7:30pm at East of England Showground (AstraZeneca)

Saturday July 3; 9am to 11am and 1pm to 4pm at Halls the Chemist, Orton Wistow (Moderna)

Posh players waiting for their jabs and, right, Kyle Barker being vaccinated. Pictures: David Lowndes