Covid: Bournemouth BIC vaccine hub closes

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The BIC's Purbeck Hall will return to its former use - hosting conferences and other large events

A Covid-19 vaccination centre set up in a concert and events venue has shut after giving more than 124,000 jabs.

The mass vaccination hub at Bournemouth International Centre (BIC), run by Dorset HealthCare, opened in January.

The centre, based in the Purbeck Hall, closed on Wednesday evening. The last shift was led out by a staff member playing the bagpipes.

People can still book a vaccine or go to one of the walk-in vaccination clinics set up across Dorset.

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A new vaccination site is being created at Kings Park Hospital in Boscombe.

The centre, in the currently unused Meyrick Ward, is due to open later this month.

Anna Chainey, Dorset HealthCare service manager, said: "We'll be sad to leave the BIC as it's been a great venue for us but we look forward to the next phase of the programme."

More than 1,000 volunteers have helped at the mass vaccination centre since it opened in January

The BIC's Purbeck Hall will return to its former use, hosting conferences, exhibitions and gala dinners.

Latest figures show infection rates in Dorset stand at 266 per 100,000 people, which is down from 316 the previous week.

In Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole the figure is 260 per 100,000, down from 293 the week before.

For comparison, the figure for England is 307, which is down from 326 a week ago.

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