A drive-thru vaccination trial clinic gets underway at the Christchurch Arena car park for essential workers today.

120 essential workers have been invited to be vaccinated as part of the pilot.

Canterbury COVID-19 vaccination events lead, Dr Satish Mistry said all drive-thru vaccinations are strictly by appointment only to allow the team to begin to focus on getting our essential workers vaccinated.

“There’s been a huge amount of planning to get a drive-thru clinic set up in such a short amount of time and I’d like to acknowledge the outstanding work of the staff involved.”

“It’s fantastic that we’re now in a position to begin to offer protection to our essential workers who continue to do an amazing job on the frontline at all alert levels.”

If successful, the drive-thru will open to more essential workers next week. 

Employers of essential workers are being provided with booking instructions and a booking code allowing their employees to book into the drive-thru event.