Residents of a parish near Mansfield will have the chance to make their way to a Covid vaccination bus this weekend for the first time since the pandemic began. Residents in Blidworth, where Covid cases are on the rise, can attend the bus on Saturday, April 2, in the car park of Blidworth Leisure Centre from 10am-4pm.
Councillors have said that they have received messages and phone calls from anxious locals who are unable to travel far to get their vaccines. Latest figures from the Government’s Coronavirus dashboard show that 14% of residents in Newark and Sherwood , the district that Blidworth falls under, have not even had a single jab. This figure hasn’t risen in months.
Councillor Tina Thompson, a local health campaigner said, “I’m delighted that health bosses have acted on my concerns and acted positively to my request. The vaccination bus has visited numerous locations since March 2020 – but never Blidworth.
