GREAT JAB, KATIE
Katie Price and Carl Woods join The Sun’s Jabs Army campaign as we edge towards 50k volunteer target
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KATIE Price and her boyfriend Carl Woods are the latest celebrities to join The Sun's Jabs Army campaign.
The couple have thrown their support behind the ever-growing campaign as we race towards our target of 50,000 volunteers.
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Proudly wearing their Jabs Arm T-shirts, Katie and Carl have posed together for a new photo in the hope of encouraging more people to sign up.
Katie has told her Instagram followers: "@thesun #JabsArmy is so close to its 50k volunteer target.
"I’m joining so we can look after our loved ones, beat Covid and get life back to normal one jab at a time. Let's do this!!"
Katie and Carl are not the first celebrities to back The Sun's campaign, which is backed by the NHS and the Government.
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We are aiming to recruit 50,000 volunteers in a crucial job . . . helping to run pop-up medical centres designed to immunise 15 million people by March.
Last week, Good Morning Britain host Piers Morgan praised the campaign, describing it as "excellent".
Piers' co-star Susanna Reid has also backed Jabs Army, along with Jeremy Clarkson, Mark Wright and Chris Evans.
This will be the year we conquer Covid. The Sun’s Jabs Army can play a key part.
It is a vast logistical challenge which needs YOU, as a Steward Volunteer, to keep it running smoothly and safely.
Stars and health chiefs have all backed our call for Sun readers to join.
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Match of the Day host Gary Lineker urged the nation: “Let’s all get together and roll up our sleeves to help everyone roll up their sleeves.
“The vaccine appears to be the only way out of this desperate situation.”
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: “The approval of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine means the light at the end of the Covid tunnel is burning brighter — but we need one last push to get back to normal by spring.
“The pandemic has shown the incredible spirit of the British people, and I urge anyone who can help to come forward and help the UK’s national vaccine effort.”
The Sun has joined forces with the NHS and the Royal Voluntary Service to urge readers to volunteer as stewards at the pop-up vaccination centres across the UK.
And Sun stars, including columnists Jeremy Clarkson and Jane Moore, have pledged to do their bit.
Jeremy, 60, said: “Saying you won’t take the vaccine is like saying you won’t wear an aqualung when diving. It’s necessary and we should all do our part. I will.”
The Government wants to see 15million people immunised by March and local NHS teams will be setting up centres capable of administering thousands of jabs a week in sports halls, conference centres and stadiums.
But more than 50,000 Steward Volunteers will be needed via the NHS Volunteer Responder Programme to help them run smoothly and keep people safe.
Let's roll up our sleeves...to help everyone roll up theirs!
Gary Lineker
Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the new “Jabs Army” of vax helpers will help consign killer Covid to the dustbin of history.
He told The Sun: “We all have a role to play in getting through this pandemic. The vaccine is our way out and back to normal life.
“I want to thank The Sun for launching this fantastic campaign and I urge Sun readers to join the Jabs Army."
NHS chief executive Sir Simon Stevens said: “The programme, the largest in NHS history, has got off to a great start.
How to sign up
VOLUNTEERS for the Jabs Army are being asked to first register online at
You will then receive an email with log-in details to sign up online.
Finally, you will be asked to download the GoodSAM app on a smartphone which will match you to a role in your area.
Services will be opening in the coming days and weeks, with different areas up and running at different times, so you might not be required on site for some weeks. Not everyone who signs up will need to be called upon.
You need to commit to only two six-hour shifts a month at a vaccination service, and no prior experience or qualifications are required.
You will work as part of a team that will include NHS staff and volunteers. The Royal Voluntary Service will conduct appropriate background checks.
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“But having an army of Sun readers standing ready to assist as we step up the delivery of vaccinations as more supplies come on stream in the weeks and months ahead is a welcome boost to the huge mobilisation that is under way to combat the resurgent virus.”
We have partnered with the Royal Voluntary Service which delivers the programme, along with the GoodSAM app, to support this massive national effort.
This is the NHS's most ambitious scheme ever and now we can all do our bit.
Geri Horner
Stewards will form a key part of the Covid-19 vaccination team that will include NHS staff.
They will guide people on site to make sure the vaccination process runs as safely and efficiently as possible.
They will help ensure social distancing and identify people who need additional support.
You only need to commit to two six-hour shifts per month at a vaccination service near you and no prior experience or qualifications are required.
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Spice Girl Geri Horner, 48, said: “This is the most ambitious programme ever seen in the NHS’s history — and by backing this brilliant campaign, we can all do our bit.
"The quicker we get this vaccine rolled out, the sooner life will be better for everyone.”
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THE NHS chief exec, Sir Simon Stevens, said: “The programme, the largest in NHS history, has got off to a great start.
"But having an army of Sun readers standing ready to assist as we step up the delivery of vaccinations as more supplies come on stream in the weeks and months ahead is a welcome boost.”
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Good Morning Britain star Kate Garraway, 53 — whose husband Derek, also 53, is still in hospital with Covid — said: “At a pivotal point in time for the NHS, let’s all club together to do what we can to ensure this vaccination programme gets rolled out as efficiently and quickly as humanly possible.”
Her co-presenter Piers Morgan, 55, also called on Britain to “come together” and back our campaign.
He said: “This is a brilliant initiative by The Sun that I urge everyone to support — and if they can, sign up to participate.”
Heavyweight boxing star Anthony Joshua, 31, declared: “If we volunteer to help out we can give Covid the knockout punch it deserves.
“Getting Britain fighting fit again is exactly what we need and The Sun’s campaign is vital in helping ensure that the rollout is as successful as it can be.”
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Catherine Johnstone, chief executive of the Royal Voluntary Service, said: “Anyone who steps forward as a Steward Volunteer will be helping to turn the tide on Covid-19.
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";They will be part of an incredible team doing something of historic importance.”
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