A DEDICATED team of Jabs Army heroes were on the ground today ready to battle Covid.
Wrapped in yellow vests, with masks at the ready, ten of our upbeat volunteers helped guide patients through their jab journey at the Castle Quarter vaccination centre in Norwich.
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The once-bustling shopping centre now delivers hundreds of Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccinations a day with the help of our Jabs Army volunteers.
The squad of readers help welcome patients as they arrive and show them safely to the vaccination waiting area, along with sanitising chairs, doors and lifts.
Proud gran Michelle Gaughan, 59, said: “Every person you meet has a different story.
“I like to say we help them on their way through to a hopefully happy ending.”
A staggering 16,875,536 people have now received their first dose of the vaccine while 589,981 have been given their second.
Fellow Jabs’ Army hero Tessa Hughff, 57, hopes volunteering will help Britain bounce back in time for her daughter Bethany’s wedding in June.
She said: “I wanted to feel I was doing something towards the national effort, getting people vaccinated.”
And primary school supply teacher and volunteer Marie Harvey, 55, says it is clear the huge nationwide vaccine rollout is working.
She said: “It’s exciting as the patients are getting younger.
“We are slowly getting on our way back to freedom.”
