Part of Leeds Thackray Museum of Medicine to become Covid vaccination centre

The Leeds history museum has handed over part of its building to the NHS to become one of the first Covid-19 vaccination centres.

The medical museum adjacent to St James' Hospital was opened in 1997 and is inside a 150 year old grade two listed building which was formerly the Leeds Union Workhouse.

The Thackray Museum of Medicine tweeted: "We've handed over part of our iconic building to the NHS so it can be used as one of the first COVID-19 vaccination centres!

"We are so unbelievably proud that Thackray Museum of Medicine is playing a huge part in the first wave of national NHS vaccination."

The first Covid vaccinations in Leeds took place on Tuesday, with 80-year-old Sylvia Harris being the first person in Leeds to receive the vaccine.