It is so extremely busy at the injection locations in Gouda, Alphen aan den Rijn and Leiden, where people can get a booster shot without an appointment, that GGD Hollands Midden is asking people not to come anymore. Immediately when the location in Leiden opened on Saturday at 09:00, there was already a queue of six hours, according to a spokeswoman.
Also at the other two locations, in Gouda and Alphen, there were long queues early this morning. Since Thursday, GGD Hollands Midden has been giving people who were born in 1961 or earlier a booster shot without an appointment. They must have received their last shot more than six months ago. In many other places you can only get a booster shot by appointment when it is the turn of your birth year.
The GGD Hollands Midden has set up the campaign because more vaccines and personnel are available than agreements are made for a booster shot. Two rows have been set up at the three injection locations: one for people with an injection appointment and the other for free walk-in.
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This morning it became so busy at the three injection locations in the Hollands Midden region that traffic became congested. According to a local resident, it has been so busy since 08:00 that residents can hardly enter or leave their neighborhood. It is announced whether people especially want to observe the 1,5 meters away.
“People also come to the injection locations for a first or second injection and there are test locations nearby,” explains the spokeswoman. The GGD has already called on people in the morning not to come for the free walk-in.
On Thursday, 2000 people received a booster shot without an appointment in the Hollands Midden region. On Friday, more than 1,700 people were involved. The spokeswoman could not yet say how many people received a booster shot without an appointment on Saturday.
GGD GHOR Netherlands reported on Friday that pricking without an appointment in Hollands Midden is a ‘temporary action’. It is the intention that all extra space will soon be fully booked with prick appointments. It is not known whether other regions give people a boost without an appointment in the meantime. According to the GGD umbrella, the national rule remains unchanged. ‘From old to young and by invitation’.
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