NHS to enlist 'sensible' celebrities to persuade people to take coronavirus vaccine

Exclusive: People who are known and loved' will front campaign amid fears of low take-up

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NHS bosses plan to enlist celebrities and influencers" with big social media followings in a major campaign to persuade people to have a Covid vaccine amid fears of low take-up.

Ministers and NHS England are drawing up a list of very sensible" famous faces in the hope that their advice to get immunised would be widely trusted, the Guardian has learned.