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.
THE NHS is in its most precarious condition ever as hospitals scramble to provide care for coronavirus patients at the same time as administering vaccines to the elderly and vulnerable.
Dealing with the deadly second wave of Covid has left the NHS in the most precarious position in its 72-year history, chief executive Sir Simon Stevens has warned, as ministers said they were aiming to get all adults in the UK vaccinated by September. Stevens said the NHS was now giving 140 jabs a minute, as the race to vaccinate the public picks up, but warned of the stress the service was under. “The facts are very clear and I’m not going to.