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  • One of the things I'm certainly most proud of is the way that we're all working together to deliver this essential program across the UK.

  • This has been a huge national endeavor and wonder I certainly haven't seen of this scale before.

  • We've seen in all of those parts of the sector come together against rallying against a common cause, and it has been absolutely heartening to see well, having lived in the war, it's very much like that, you know, when everybody had the same idea.

  • And I think this this is rather sort of inspired that, hasn't it?

  • If I could bottle this community spirit and use it not just for the vaccination program, but for other things, I think the job would be done.

  • Wouldn't it be nice?

  • Well, once you've had the vaccine, you have a feeling of you're protected, which is, I think, very important.

  • It was far as I can make out.

  • It was quite harmless.

  • It was very quick.

  • And I've had lots of letters from people who have been very surprised by how easy it was to get the vaccine.

  • And the jab was very it didn't hurt at all.

  • We hope everyone who has offered the vaccine will take it up because it is their best.

  • It is.

  • All of our best chance is to protect both the people who take up the vaccine, their families and their communities.

  • I think the other.

  • The other thing is that it is obviously difficult for people to if they have never had a vaccine, that they ought to think about other people rather than themselves.

  • You vaccinated all 483 care homes in Northern Ireland, and in fact, the vast majority of them.

  • In fact, almost all of them will have received their second doses by the end of this week.

  • So we are particularly proud of that.

  • We know that this is probably the largest and most disruptive pandemic that we faced, both globally and within the UK for over 100 years.

  • It's a bit like a plague, isn't it?

  • Because it's not only here that we've got the virus, but it's everywhere.

  • So it's a strange battle that everybody is actually fighting Greetings from Wales.

  • I'm glad to say that we've also had a fantastic help, so we have dentists, we have pharmacists and we have the military.

  • The personal testimonies have been very heartwarming.

  • Leading naval nurse Kira Jones.

  • There's a mental health nurse normally says.

  • I have never been so proud to say I'm a nurse in the Royal Navy.

  • Words cannot describe the overwhelming feeling.

  • Tears.

  • At times I have when a patient touches my hand and thanks me for the vaccine, I am proud to be a nice.

  • It is remarkable how quickly the whole thing has has been done and so many people have heard the vaccine already.

  • So you will have to keep up the good work.

  • I'm very glad indeed of had the chance to hear it all.

One of the things I'm certainly most proud of is the way that we're all working together to deliver this essential program across the UK.

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