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Vaccine roll out at major UK music festivals a success says NHS chief

The Reading and Leeds festivals recently hosted pop-up clinics for visitors to get their COVID-19 vaccination between acts




Attendees could get vaccinated between sets at both festivals   Credit: PA Media

A recent move to vaccinate festival-goers against COVID-19 during two major events in the UK has been deemed a success by the NHS.

Leslie Majeski, who led the drive at the Reading and Leeds music festivals and is senior lead of the NHS’s vaccination programme, said that the rollout had “worked really well”.

The dual festivals, which took place at the end of August, hosted pop-up clinics where festival-goers could get their first or second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine between acts.

Part of the NHS Vaccination Programme, the initiative was designed to encourage younger people to get vaccinated following a spike in cases linked to the Boardmasters and Lattitude festivals, which took place earlier this year.

Pop-up vaccination clinics at both sites meant that attendees could “pick up a jab as easily as a beer or a burger”.

Bramham Park, the home of Leeds Festival, also hosted several health care professionals, who attendees could talk to about their concerns and be educated about the vaccine, while Reading offered a vaccination bus.

“NHS staff have been really busy vaccinating people and a lot of people are now looking to get their vaccines,” said Majeski.

“People were also seeking that education about why it was important to have the vaccine and what the risks were if they don’t have the vaccine. We’ve done a lot of education.”

In addition to visitors getting their jabs, some of the performing artists even took part, with singer-songwriter Declan McKenna getting his second shot after his set at Leeds.

Speaking to Leeds TV, McKenna “seized the opportunity”. “I’ve got two days off so I thought yeah, get it done now,” he said.

“Being nomadic in some description, you just want to seize the opportunity when it arises. It’s a nice reminder, especially as a young person you lose track of these things.”

Dr Nikki Kanani, GP and deputy lead for NHS England’s vaccination programme, attributed the success to the NHS staff and volunteers who have “worked tirelessly to get their communities protected, vaccinating at convenient pop clinics at places of worship and stadiums and Reading and Leeds.”

“Thanks to the hard work of NHS staff and volunteers, more than half a million young people aged 16 and 17 have had their first dose,” she said.

“It’s great to see the return of live music and performances. I’m also urging anyone who hasn’t to get that lifesaving vaccine, it’s the best protection we can get from Coronavirus.”

Pop-up COVID vaccination centres have appeared in a number of alternate locations in the UK in the last year, including Latitude Festival in Suffolk and at attractions such as Thorpe Park and the Tate Modern.

Festival-goers arriving at Reading Festival at Little John Farm in Reading, UK   CREDIT: PA MEDIA



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Vaccine roll out at major UK music festivals a success says NHS chief

The Reading and Leeds festivals recently hosted pop-up clinics for visitors to get their COVID-19 vaccination between acts




Attendees could get vaccinated between sets at both festivals   Credit: PA Media

A recent move to vaccinate festival-goers against COVID-19 during two major events in the UK has been deemed a success by the NHS.

Leslie Majeski, who led the drive at the Reading and Leeds music festivals and is senior lead of the NHS’s vaccination programme, said that the rollout had “worked really well”.

The dual festivals, which took place at the end of August, hosted pop-up clinics where festival-goers could get their first or second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine between acts.

Part of the NHS Vaccination Programme, the initiative was designed to encourage younger people to get vaccinated following a spike in cases linked to the Boardmasters and Lattitude festivals, which took place earlier this year.

Pop-up vaccination clinics at both sites meant that attendees could “pick up a jab as easily as a beer or a burger”.

Bramham Park, the home of Leeds Festival, also hosted several health care professionals, who attendees could talk to about their concerns and be educated about the vaccine, while Reading offered a vaccination bus.

“NHS staff have been really busy vaccinating people and a lot of people are now looking to get their vaccines,” said Majeski.

“People were also seeking that education about why it was important to have the vaccine and what the risks were if they don’t have the vaccine. We’ve done a lot of education.”

In addition to visitors getting their jabs, some of the performing artists even took part, with singer-songwriter Declan McKenna getting his second shot after his set at Leeds.

Speaking to Leeds TV, McKenna “seized the opportunity”. “I’ve got two days off so I thought yeah, get it done now,” he said.

“Being nomadic in some description, you just want to seize the opportunity when it arises. It’s a nice reminder, especially as a young person you lose track of these things.”

Dr Nikki Kanani, GP and deputy lead for NHS England’s vaccination programme, attributed the success to the NHS staff and volunteers who have “worked tirelessly to get their communities protected, vaccinating at convenient pop clinics at places of worship and stadiums and Reading and Leeds.”

“Thanks to the hard work of NHS staff and volunteers, more than half a million young people aged 16 and 17 have had their first dose,” she said.

“It’s great to see the return of live music and performances. I’m also urging anyone who hasn’t to get that lifesaving vaccine, it’s the best protection we can get from Coronavirus.”

Pop-up COVID vaccination centres have appeared in a number of alternate locations in the UK in the last year, including Latitude Festival in Suffolk and at attractions such as Thorpe Park and the Tate Modern.

Festival-goers arriving at Reading Festival at Little John Farm in Reading, UK   CREDIT: PA MEDIA



 



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