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‘I’ll definitely be having it’: This Aussie nurse in London could be among the first to get the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine – ABC News
After contracting COVID-19 earlier this year, London-based Australian ICU nurse Melissa Purcell hopes the UK’s vaccine rollout will provide reassurance to her colleagues…

As an intensive care nurse working with COVID-19 patients in London, Australian Melissa Purcell is at high risk of infection.
Key points:
- The UK rolled out its vaccination program on Tuesday, with frontline heath workers and the elderly first in line
- London-based Australian nurse Melissa Purcell said she would “definitely” get the vaccine when offered
- The 29-year-old said it would provide reassurance to medical colleagues and their families of being safer at work
In fact, she caught the virus earlier…
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