A veteran campaigner who will be one of the first people to receive a coronavirus vaccine on Tuesday says it is his “duty” to get the jab.
Dr Hari Shukla CBE, 87, spoke out amid concerns over take-up. Staff worked through the weekend to get supplies to 50 hospital hubs around the country, and GPs have been put on standby to start delivering the vaccine from next week.
Dr Shukla, a prominent race relations campaigner from Newcastle, will be vaccinated alongside his wife Ranjan, 83, at the city’s Royal Infirmary on Tuesday morning.
The grandad said: “I am delighted to be doing my bit by having the vaccine, I feel it is my duty to do so and do whatever I can to help.” The over-80s and care home workers will get the first 800,000 doses, a week
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