More than 11,000 decide to join NHS after being part of Covid jab team

Thousands of people start career in health service after participating in UK's vaccination programme

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More than 11,000 people who volunteered or worked with the UK Covid vaccination programme have decided to take up jobs within the NHS, health officials have revealed.

As the Covid pandemic struck, researchers began work on vaccines to tackle the disease, with the first vaccination after emergency use authorisation given in the UK in December 2020.