‘It’s like a carrot being dangled’ - how it feels to be waiting for a vaccine after shielding for nearly a year
direct to your inboxThe rollout of the country’s coronavirus vaccination programme appears to be off to a stellar start.Nearly 4m people have had their first jab - including the over-80s, care home residents and NHS and social care staff.From this week the vaccine will be offered to two more priority groups where supply and capacity allows: the over-70s and the ‘extremely clinically vulnerable'.For Ilise Gunder and her partner Allan Pearson - both of whom fall within the latter category - it can’t come soon enough.The couple, from Bamford in Rochdale, have been ‘literally housebound’ since they began shielding last March and are desperate to get their lives back.Ilise, 42, has MS and while Allan is a Type-1 diabetic awaiting a kidney