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Daniel Holland

Newcastle city centre Covid vaccine hub turning into 'dead zone' with 'staggeringly low' uptake

A Covid vaccination hub in Newcastle city centre is becoming a “dead zone”, a city councillor has warned.

“Staggeringly low” numbers of people are using the vaccine facilities at the Centre for Life, it was claimed on Thursday.

Blakelaw councillor Oskar Avery, who volunteers at the site, told Newcastle City Council’s health scrutiny committee that staff at the vaccine centre were resorting to quizzes to pass the time because so few people were coming through for a jab.

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