Vaccination centre urges patients not to turn up too early for appointments
People have been asked to only attend appointments at a mass vaccination centre 15 minutes beforehand, in a bid to cut down on waiting times.
The county's vaccination coordinator has issued the request after lengthy queues had developed at the mass vaccination hub in Telford on Thursday.
The hub, at Telford International Centre, is providing around 1,000 vaccinations a day, with plans for considerably more as the centre continues.
There were reports that some people had waited up to two hours at the centre – which only started delivering jabs to the public on Thursday.
Angie Wallace, Covid-19 Vaccination Programme Director for Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, said: “Vaccinations got off to a really good start at Telford International Centre on Thursday and the whole vaccination process has been running smoothly.
"However, some people are turning up more than an hour before their time-slot and we would like to urge people to turn up for their jab no more than 10 or 15 minutes before the allocated time.
"We don't want people standing in the cold and it is really difficult to manage the queue when people are early."
