Published:
5:00 AM February 1, 2021
Updated:
10:53 AM February 1, 2021
John Guttridge, from Wacton, having his COVID-19 vaccination at the Castle Quarter Vaccination Centre in Norwich. Picture: Danielle Booden
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More large scale Covid-19 immunisation centres are due to be launched in the region in the coming days as part of the biggest vaccination programme in the history of the NHS.
So far, the area has 26 different sites offering jabs to protect against coronavirus, including Norfolk s three main hospitals.
Deputy sister, Claire Spauls, administers the Covid-19 vaccination at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital. Picture: DENISE BRADLEY
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“Boris would announce something at 8pm and then by 8am our department phone would be ringing with scared and anxious staff and I felt I had to have found the answers to their questions.
“We are expecting a very tough first quarter of the year. It’s going to be difficult for the next few months and we will all wobble but hopefully we will wobble at different times and get through. We will have days when it just feels like we can’t go on and then there will be other days when we feel more robust. I think like any community we pull together and we do what we need to do.”
Also vaccinated were Tony and Carole Smith, of Mile End Road, Norwich.
Carole Smith, 82, helps her husband, 86-year-old Tony, get ready for his Covid-19 vaccination at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital. Picture: DENISE BRADLEY
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Mrs Smith, 82, said: It is absolutely amazing. Never in my wildest dreams did I think that would happen.
Mr Smith, 86, added: I did not feel anything. Just go for it with absolutely no hesitation.
Evelyn Evans, of Bluebell Road, Norwich, said she was shell-shocked to receive a message and hoped in 2021 she could get back to singing in the two choirs she is a member of.