Former Peterborough restaurant set to become vaccination centre

Plans have been submitted to convert Beijing Rendezvous at 59 Napier Place, Orton Wistow, into a “medical vaccination centre”.

The application has been logged on Peterborough City Council’s planning portal but does not include any further details.

The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group has today (Wednesday) confirmed that the centre is not part of its Covid-19 vaccination programme.

Currently, vaccines are being administered at Peterborough City Hospital which has been chosen as a Covid vaccination hub.

The first patients began receiving their jabs last month.

Similarly, GP practices in and around Peterborough are also being used to vaccinate residents, including Stanground Surgery in Peterborough Road.

Those at the top of the queue to receive a vaccine are being told they will be contacted when they are eligible to receive their first jab.

Moreover, a vaccination centre for HGV drivers opened at Peterborough Services on Monday.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said last night (Monday) that he is hopeful people in the top four highest priority list will have received a vaccine by the middle of February.