Huge crowds of people took to the streets of Manchester today (January 22), making a dramatic stand against the NHS Covid vaccine mandate.
The city centre demonstration stopped trams, blocked roads, and even stormed the Arndale Centre. Among them, were hundreds of healthcare workers - some who made a statement by hanging up their scrubs on a gate on Oxford Street. READ MORE:Full of punters - but brewery says Salford’s ‘oldest inn’ has no 'long-term future' They scribbled on them their job titles, and the number of years they had worked.
Many revealed they were willing to call time on their career in the NHS after the government said those who aren't double jabbed by April will face losing their jobs.
The Manchester Evening News caught up with some of the NHS workers at the end of the three-hour protest. Gemma, who didn't wish to give her surname, has been working in Greater Manchester as an emergency medical technician for five years.
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