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Covid vaccinations will begin in Deal this Saturday after a persistent campaign to bring jabs to the town.
Clockwork Pharmacy will be administering the vaccine thanks to volunteer nurses and extra pharmacists.
Appointments are for priority individuals who have already been invited by the health service to make appointments via the NHS booking system.
The pharmacy, at the South Street end of the High Street, is not able to make appointments and does not provide walk-in or stand-by appointments.
The news of the start date was put out on the Kent and Medway Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) website and confirmed by the pharmacy this morning.
The CCG said the pharmacy would be providing vaccinations for "priority groups booked through the national booking service".
The site adds: "PLEASE NOTE. None of these locations offer a drop-in vaccination service. All vaccinations are arranged in advance through invitation based on the national priority groups.
"Please wait to be contacted for when you can get the vaccine."
For more details, visit www.kentandmedwayccg.nhs.uk/covid19vaccine
Clockwork Pharmacy's clinical lead Nickil Patel said: "We are proud to be serving Deal and are grateful for the many messages of support we've received
"We are eager to play our part in helping to protect this community so that we can return to normality in the near future.
"We will be going live this Saturday. Patients should follow NHS guidance on booking a vaccine online."
Last week it was reported how Balmoral Surgery will be starting GP-led vaccinations.
As of this morning, no date had been released for this on the CCG's website and the surgery had not revealed a date when asked by KentOnline.
Vaccine sites were agreed following a spirited campaign led by councillors Susan Carlyle, Pam Brivio, also secretary of the Dover Senior Citizens Forum, and voluntary worker Terry Bishop who is shielding.
They were campaigning after it became apparent that vulnerable groups, many of them elderly, did not want to risk travelling to the district's only vaccine hub at Dover Health Centre in Maison Dieu Road.
Priority groups in Sandwich are being offered appointments in Broadstairs.
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