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The Covid vaccine is our only way out so when you get the call to have it please, please take it
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Updated: 29 Jan 2021, 22:47
IT is hard to believe it was only a few weeks ago that we saw images of the first people receiving their Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine, and just a few weeks earlier we became the first country to start administering the Pfizer jab.
Those symbolic pictures have now played out millions of times over with nearly eight million of us having had their first jabs.
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These are our friends, grandparents, parents, aunts and uncles that we are determined to protect. And I can’t stress enough the heroic national effort that is allowing this rollout to proceed so effectively.
Boris Johnson, Matt Hancock and Keir Starmer thank Sun readers for smashing 50,000 Jabs Army target
Updated: 19 Jan 2021, 0:30
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THE Sun’s Jabs Army campaign smashed its target of recruiting 50,000 volunteers to help Britain’s biggest-ever vaccine programme.
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Jabs Army volunteer Susan at North London clinicCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd
They hit the milestone on the day the first Jabs Army volunteers went on duty to help those getting the Covid vaccine in North London.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock hailed Sun readers for “smashing the target” as our Jabs Army mission was accomplished.
On a momentous day for the campaign, we achieved the goal of helping the Royal Voluntary Service supply 50,000 volunteer stewards to the NHS vaccination programme.
18 January 2021 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered)
Welcome to Downing Street for today’s coronavirus briefing. And I’m joined by Professor Steven Powis, the Medical Director of NHS England and by Dr Susan Hopkins, the Chief Medical Adviser to Public Health England and NHS Test and Trace.
And I want to bring you up to date with the latest data on the disease and on our vaccine plan in order to combat it.
Today, 37,535 positive cases of coronavirus were recorded. The NHS is under significant pressure in all parts of the country.
There are 37,475 people in UK hospitals with coronavirus – that is the highest that it’s been throughout the pandemic and someone is admitted to hospital every 30 seconds.
10 Tesco secrets revealed including its Aldi price match and the best time to shop
18 Jan 2021, 15:26
Updated: 3 Feb 2021, 11:09
FROM its Aldi price match promise to finding the best time to shop, we reveal ten Tesco tips.
Tesco is the largest supermarket chain in the UK with more than 3,700 stores.
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Tesco shoppers can save cash with these tips and tricksCredit: Alamy
But whether you’re a casual or loyal shopper, there are ways to make your money go further.
Tesco stores are allowed to remain open during the coronavirus pandemic because supermarkets are classed as essential.
You can find down your nearest shop by using its store locator tool.
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Health and Social Care Secretary’s statement on coronavirus 18 January 2021
Welcome to Downing Street for today’s coronavirus briefing. And I’m joined by Professor Steven Powis, the Medical Director of NHS England and by Dr Susan Hopkins, the Chief Medical Adviser to Public Health England and NHS Test and Trace.
And I want to bring you up to date with the latest data on the disease and on our vaccine plan in order to combat it.
Today, 37,535 positive cases of coronavirus were recorded. The NHS is under significant pressure in all parts of the country.
There are 37,475 people in UK hospitals with coronavirus – that is the highest that it’s been throughout the pandemic and someone is admitted to hospital every 30 seconds.