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    UK cathedral is COVID-19 vaccine hub with heavenly music, soaring spires

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    UK cathedral is COVID-19 vaccine hub with heavenly music, soaring spires

    Cathedrals has turned its cloisters and naves over to the government's programme


    Published:  January 21, 2021 16:24 AFP  and  Compiled by Nathaniel Lacsina, Senior Web Editor

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    Salisbury vaccination gallery
    Salisbury, United Kingdom: Melding the ornate trappings of medieval faith with 21st century science, Salisbury Cathedral is injecting new hope into thousands of elderly people as Britain mounts its biggest ever vaccination drive. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Salisbury vaccination gallery
    The soaring edifice in southwest England is one of three cathedrals that have turned their cloisters and naves over to the government's programme to inoculate the most vulnerable against Covid-19 by mid-February. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Salisbury vaccination gallery
    On a wet and blustery day, 98-year-old John William Perry was among those who received their first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, after it was taken out of cold storage by nurses working in a small chapel normally reserved for private prayer. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Salisbury vaccination gallery
    Perry, who worked as a Royal Air Force engineer in World War II, servicing Spitfire fighters during the Battle of Britain, then took a seat in the vast central nave for an obligatory 15-minute rest in case of after-effects. Image Credit: AP
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    "It's nice to think they're doing something to keep me going for a few more weeks or years - to get to 100!" he told AFP as he sat in a socially distanced space from other recipients, including a farmer and former policewoman, both in their 80s. Image Credit: AP
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    After the war, Perry worked for 40 years as a maintenance engineer for the Royal Mail. "So I think I've done my little bit for the country," he said, as he reflected on a trying 10 months since Britain first went into lockdown. "This is the first time I've been out (since March)," he said. "It's a bit wet, but never mind - very special, very nice to be here." Image Credit: AP
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    Salisbury vaccination gallery
    Along with cathedrals in Blackburn, in northwest England, and the central city of Lichfield, Salisbury opened its oversized wooden doors as a vaccination centre at the weekend, and aims to process 3,000 patients in all this week. Image Credit: AP
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    Two organists worked in shifts throughout the day, playing softer pieces by composers including Johann Sebastian Bach, Antonin Dvorak and Ralph Vaughan Williams. Image Credit: AP
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    Perry was escorted to his inoculation by his 62-year-old daughter, Jeanie Grant, one of several people appreciative of the planning put into the day by the cathedral administrators and National Health Service staff. Image Credit: AP
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    "It's quite a scary thing to be going through - the thought of the disease and what it can do to families and people," she said. "(So) to actually come to a building that has seen so much history and is still serving a beautiful purpose for the community, I think it's very special." Grant added: "It'll be lovely when we've all had it done, and life can begin to get back to normal." Image Credit: AP

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