Asda is set to become the first UK supermarket to offer Covid vaccinations in its stores.The coronavirus-protecting jabs will be administered to members of the public by trained Asda pharmacy staff in a new 12-hour vaccination centre.
The good news comes after the supermarket was selected by NHS England to provide the much-needed public health service as part of the nation's goal to vaccinate all UK adults by September, the Mirror reports.Asda president Roger Burnley said: "We are incredibly proud to provide this service and are keen to do all we can to help the NHS and Government accelerate the rollout of the vaccination programme."We have an extensive nationwide logistics network that could support the storage and distribution of the.