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Covid-19: 'We'd welcome more vaccine helpers with open arms'

Two Covid-19 vaccinators have praised the camaraderie among their team and appealed for more volunteers to come forward.

Lucy Hibberd started as an admin assistant in the NHS and Claire Holloway is a paramedic. Both have been administering vaccines at a clinic in Northampton over the past year.

They are supported by many non-medically trained volunteers and said more were needed as the booster vaccination programme ramps up.

Ms Holloway said: "We would welcome anybody who wanted to come and help us with open arms."

9 December 2021

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