Real heroes finally honoured

SAVING GRACE FOR OUR COVID FIGHTERS

- JERRY LAWTON

VACCINE heroes who battled to find the jabs to save Brits have received gongs in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list.

Chief among them were the brains behind the UK’s Oxford University/ AstraZeneca vaccine.

Co-designer Sarah Gilbert, professor of vaccinology, becomes a dame.

She said: “It’s great to have the recognition on behalf of the whole team and the large number of people who worked very hard to get this vaccine developed, manufactured, tested and now those working on the rollout.”