Manchester social volunteers vaccine Manchester

A year since the vaccine arrived in Manchester 'saving 8,000 lives'

Reading now: 337
manchestereveningnews.co.uk

On December 8, 2020, emotions were running high across the city as 86-year-old Ted Jones became the first Mancunian to receive the Covid-19 jab.

Now, a year on, almost five million jabs have been given across the region - saving 8,000 lives, according to experts in charge of the rollout.

The vaccination programme's successes are down to an army - sometimes, quite literally - of people. READ MORE: Tens of thousands of public services staff, hundreds of volunteers, pharmacists, nurses, doctors and more helped to get jabs in arms.

Vaccination clinics across the city - in hospitals, GP surgeries, pharmacies, sports halls, community centres, schools and even the odd car park - have been running flat-out, seven days a week, often into the

Read more on manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The website starsalert.com is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.

Related News

DMCA