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'Hopefully will mean we will all be able to hug our families soon' - Elderly residents at a care home in Gatley receive the Oxford vaccine
direct to your inboxIt’s the moment residents and staff at Wellcroft Care Home have been waiting for - a delivery of vaccines that will eventually allow them to hug their loved-ones.Like all care homes, visitors have not been allowed inside since the start of the coronavirus pandemic in March.Though necessary to keep everyone as safe, it's come at a huge emotional cost for residents, their relatives and care home staff.But on Thursday Wellcroft took one step closer to normality thanks to the arrival of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine.Pauline Dickins, aged 84, was among the 29 residents to receive their first dose of the vaccine.The grandmother-of-four, from Heald Green, said: "It’s an honour to be among the first people in the region to
