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Justin Welby, the archbishop of Cantebury, has had the coronavirus vaccine. He volunteers with the chaplaincy team at St Thomas’ hospital in London, and so he qualifies as a health and social care worker. He has described the development of the vaccine as “an answer to prayer”.
As a volunteer member of the @GSTTnhs chaplaincy team, I was given the first shot of the #Covid19Vaccine this weekend.
Please get the jab when you’re invited. And please do everything you can to support staff across the NHS who are doing so much to keep us safe. pic.twitter.com/OA5v7xM462
Priti Patel, the home secretary, has said that tougher action will be taken against anti-lockdown protesters. Speaking outside St Thomas’s hospital in central London, the scene of an anti-lockdown protest on New Year’s Eve, she called for people to take responsibility for their actions. Asked whether there would be tougher enforcement to target protesters she told PA Media:
Absolutely, without hesitation. When you look at the pressures on the NHS – and we have been saying this for too long, quite frankly – the public need to take responsibility, act conscientiously, wear their masks, wear face coverings, follow the rules, follow the regulations.
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