Vaccine centre opens at Royal Highland Centre

THE Royal Highland Centre (RHC), home to the Royal Highland Show, has become a significant location for Covid-19 vaccinations.

The RHC site, which hosts over 220 events attracting over one million visitors a year, has up until now been largely dormant due to Covid-19 restrictions.

However, the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland (RHASS) Members’ Pavilion, a £5 million events venue completed days before lockdown in March 2020, has become a mass vaccination centre with the capacity to vaccinate more than 1,000 people every day, seven days a week.

RHASS Chairman Bill Gray commented: “While this was not what we envisaged the first event at our new Members Pavilion to look like, we are delighted that we were able to offer it to aid in the battle against Covid-19.

“We can think of no greater use for this building than to support the national vaccine programme and we are hopeful that our efforts will contribute to the return of events in 2021, and indeed our own flagship event the Royal Highland Show.

“We are working to ensure the Royal Highland Show can proceed without impact.”