Former Mayor Urges Residents to Take up Covid-19 Jab Offers

A former Mayor of Charnwood who has received the Covid-19 vaccine is urging residents to take up the jab when they are invited to and ‘help get life back to normal’.

Cllr Ken Pacey, a ward councillor in Syston, was the first Charnwood borough councillor to receive the jab before Christmas.

Cllr Pacey, 82, said: “We need as many people as possible to take up the jab. It is very safe and I was really pleased to receive it. I just hope and pray that everybody will follow suit and have the jab so we can get back to normal as soon as possible. I received my jab in Melton and I have to say the whole process was incredibly safe and everyone was socially distancing. I could not have felt safer and the whole thing took just about half an hour. The staff were very well organised and professional, and I cannot thank them enough.”

The NHS is currently offering the COVID-19 vaccine to people most at risk from coronavirus. In England, the vaccine is being offered in some hospitals and pharmacies, at hundreds of local vaccination centres run by GPs and at larger vaccination centres.

It’s being given to: people aged 80 and over
people who live or work in care homes
health and social care workers at high risk

The NHS will let you know when it’s your turn to have the vaccine. It’s important not to contact the NHS for a vaccination before then.

For more information about the vaccination please visit: www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/coronavirus-vaccination/coronavirus-vaccine/