Former Middlesbrough footballers were among those who lined up for Covid vaccinations as the latest centre in the North East opened earlier.
The club's Riverside stadium will serve as a mass vaccination hub with capacity to treat up to 1,000 people a day.
It joins four other centres in Durham, Newcastle, Sunderland and Darlington.
Ex Boro defender Gary Pallister was among those to get his jab and was happy to see the club playing its part in the community.
"It's terrific to see the Riverside offering its facilities to get as many people as we can vaccinated in Teesside," he said.