Mason Moore | Hinckley Reporter | 14 June 2021

A LEICESTER-BASED arts venue is set to open as a drop-in vaccination clinic tomorrow (15 June).

Eligible residents of Rutland, Leicester and Leicestershire, who are aged 40 and over will be able to walk-in to the Peepul Centre to receive the AstraZeneca vaccine to protect them against Covid-19.

It will be open for a total of five days, starting tomorrow on 15 June through to Sunday on 20 June.

It is open for residents who were vaccinated with their first AstraZeneca vaccine more than eight weeks’ ago who need a second dose, as well as unvaccinated residents who are in need of their first dose.

Bookings are not necessary, but ID does need to be brought to the clinic.

The Peepul Centre is based on Orchardson Avenue and will run from 8am to 6pm nearly every day, expect on Friday, where it close two hours’ earlier at 4pm.