Amanda Hunter was redeployed to the critical care unit at London’s King's College Hospital in March whilst working as a dental nurse in the hospital’s paediatric department.
She is one of the many dental professionals battling coronavirus alongside medical teams. She had the first of two Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccinations on Wednesday (9 December).
Her second dose is booked for 6 January and, seven days after that vaccine, Amanda will be immune to COVID-19.
She said: ‘As a healthcare professional, I have a duty of care to protect my patients, which is why I elected to have the vaccine. I would be devastated if I caught COVID-19 and passed it on to my patients.
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