Boston United players receive vaccine from England's Deputy chief medical officer
Professor Jonathan Van-Tam grew up in the area and Boston United are his favourite football team
Last updated 25th Jun 2021
It's been an emotional morning for England's Deputy Chief Medical Officer as he returned to his home town of Boston to give out the vaccine.
Professor Jonathan Van-Tam grew up in the area and today gave out jabs to players from his favourite football team Boston United.
JVT's returned to the county on several occasions to support the vaccination programme on the frontline.
"I’ve literally had to of live and breath it, many sleepless nights, so it’s kind of cathartic to actually get down to the frontline and see the vaccine through to the end of its journey into patient arms.
"Giving Boston United players the jab was really special because obviously I’ve supported Boston United now for 51 years.
"To be able to play a little part in helping them to have a more covid free future is really important.
"It’s been absolutely marvellous, quite emotional."
Deputy Chief Nurse Rebecca Neno was thrilled to have professor Van-Tam volunteer.
"I think he was particularly keen to have the opportunity to talk with the team from Boston United, and vaccinate them,”
“Getting Jordan and Jordan here was really important because we’re particularly keen to get younger people vaccinated and get the message across about how important the vaccination is to younger people, especially as we can now vaccinate anyone aged 18 or over.
"We also know that men aren’t always as keen as women at coming forwards for their vaccinations, so we were really pleased to have the support of Boston United FC and its players.
“It’s really important for everyone, including younger people, to get vaccinated – you are far less likely to get covid and even more unlikely to get covid seriously, be admitted to hospital or die from covid.
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