A DROP-IN vaccine clinic is proving a hit with both students and the general public alike after opening at a Glasgow college today.

A coach, which has been transformed into a Covid-beating jab centre, has been set up outside the City of Glasgow College.Glasgow Times:

It is offering vaccines to anyone who is in need of either their first or second dose of the Moderna or Pfizer jabs.

Among those getting their shots was Jamie Neilson, a 31-year-old tiling student from East Kilbride, who had been hesitant about getting jabbed.

He said: ā€œI had heard a lot of horror stories, people fainting and collapsing and that sort of stuff, which is a bit unnerving.

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ā€œBut I just seen it was here and thought, why not? I might as well just get it done.

ā€œI donā€™t really see any difference, I donā€™t really see any benefit but if everyone is getting it done then you might as well just join in.ā€

Eva Reid, a 24-year-old photography student from Barrhead, thought it was important that everyone got their jabs.

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She said: ā€œIt is just something we need to do, itā€™s essential,

I think.ā€

Jason Gallagher, 18, had been waiting ā€œa whileā€ to be offered his first Covid vaccine, so decided he would speed up the process by visiting the centre yesterday.

ā€œI wasnā€™t worried about the side effects, obviously, like headaches and that sort of thing but Iā€™m not feart of it or anything,ā€ said the joinery student.

ā€œItā€™s important for everyone to take one.ā€

Helping to run the facility was the student union vice president for social and activities Lori Templeton.

Speaking at the outdoor seating area, where a post-jab hot chocolate and KitKat could be grabbed during the mandatory 15-minute waiting period to monitor serious adverse side effects such as fainting, the media and communications student said: ā€œIā€™ve been getting students in today, especially those getting their lunch.

ā€œI would say to them, especially after the research that has been done, it is really helping yourself.

ā€œIt is not just those around you and a lot of people have been kind of selfish about it but thatā€™s not a bad thing. Especially if passports are introduced, itā€™s going to get you out and back into pubs and restaurants.ā€

One patient the Glasgow Times spoke to shared this view. Bethany Davenport, 34, is not a student at the college but was seeking to get her second dose of Moderna.

ā€œI donā€™t think itā€™s that important but I think if I donā€™t get it then Iā€™ll be restricted from doing certain things so thatā€™s my main motivation for doing it,ā€ she said.

The centre is open again today from 9.30am to 3.30pm. Anyone is welcome for either their first or second dose of either Pfizer or Moderna.