This is why you will see the army inside the Elland Road vaccination centre

The site had been operating as a hospital hub for the past two weeks to support vaccination of frontline health and care workers but the centenary pavilion opened its doors to the public on Monday, February 11.

At The Centenary Pavilion there are reams of staff and volunteers manning the centre from the army, to nurses working on their days off to Leeds United's match day security staff.

Sergeant Phil said: "Our role today is to assist our NHS colleagues on the support and distribution of the national roll out of the vaccination programme.

"It is an absolute pleasure to support the people of Yorkshire and the Humber and to do our bit for the community that we're all from."

There is capacity to vaccinate 9,200 people per week at Elland Road currently and, as the programme moves down the priority list, it is expected that number will increase with the demographic.

It took just weeks to turn the Cenenary Pavilion from a party and function venue into one of 23 vaccination centres in Leeds, and it will work alongside services provided by community pharmacists, NHS trusts and 19 GP practice networks which have already administered tens of thousands of vaccines to people at the greatest risk from Covid-19.

It is set to be in place until the end of March but its requirement can be extended depending on the speed of the vaccination roll-out.

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