THE mobile drive-through coronavirus vaccination clinic returns to Ewood Park in Blackburn this week.

It will open at the Blackburn Rovers ground from Wednesday May 18 until Monday June 20.

Primarily aimed at families catching up on their Covid-19 jabs, the vaccination site will be available for anyone aged five and older.

The pop-up site in Car Park D, off Bolton Road, will also be available for walk-ins.

The site will be open seven days a week, from 10am to 5pm Monday to Saturday, and 10am to 4pm on Sunday but will close for the Queen’s Jubilee celebrations on Thursday and Friday June 2 and 3.

Jane Scattergood, clinical lead for the Lancashire Covid-19 vaccination programme said: "What is especially great is the convenience of whole families being able to all come together in one place to have their vaccinations, no matter which dose.

"It is really important that anyone aged 75 or over comes forward now to get their spring booster, or fourth dose. Equally important is for those people who have a weakened immune system.

"We still very much want to see anyone who hasn’t had a vaccine at all."

Vaccination eligibility at Ewood Park is: ages five to 15 – first and second dose; ages 16 and over – first, second and booster dose; ages 75 and over (and those who live in care homes) – first, second, booster and spring booster

There is no need to book an appointment, the facility will be available to just drive into or walk in.

Abdul Razaq, Blackburn with Darwen Council’s director of public health, said: "It is vitally important for people who have already had a Covid infection that they get vaccinated. Covid hasn’t gone away."