THE Sun today urges readers to join a race against time to maximise Covid jabs.

We are issuing a new call to sign up to the Jabs Army of vaccine stewards to help beat the Indian variant — which threatens June 21 freedom hopes.

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Sign up today at nhsvolunteerresponders.org.uk

PM Boris Johnson declared “Jabs Army Needs You” as he hailed the “tremendous work” of our 50,000 volunteers so far.

They signed up in droves last year after The Sun teamed up with the Royal Voluntary Service.

But 50 towns, cities and council areas are desperate for extra help as new vaccine centres open.

Scientists warn that plans to take the final step out of lockdown hang in the balance due to surging rates of the Indian strain.

50 towns, cities and council areas where the Jabs Army needs you now

• Barking and Dagenham, Essex
• Barnet, North London
• Birmingham, West Midlands
• Bolton, Greater Manchester
• Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Dorset
• Bradford, West Yorks
• Brent, West London
• Bristol
• Camden, North London
• Cannock Chase, Staffs
• Chelmsford, Essex
• Cheshire West & Chester
• Colchester, Essex
• Coventry
• Croydon, South London
• Derby
• Dudley, West Midlands
• Ealing, West London
• Fenland, Cambs
• Hammersmith & Fulham,
• West London
• Hillingdon, West London
• Hounslow, West London
• Kensington and Chelsea, London
• Knowsley, Merseyside
• Lambeth, South London
• Leicester
• Liverpool
• Manchester
• Merton, South London
• Newark & Sherwood, Notts
• North Norfolk
• North Somerset
• Northampton
• Norwich
• Nottingham
• Peterborough, Cambs
• Preston, Lancs
• Rochdale, Greater Manchester
• Salford, Greater Manchester
• Sandwell, West Midlands
• Slough, Berks
• Stafford, Staffs
• Stoke-on-Trent
• Sutton, South London
• Tendring, Essex
• Walsall, West Midlands
• Wandsworth, South West London
• Wigan, Greater Manchester
• Wirrall, Merseyside
• Wolverhampton, West Midlands

Sign up today

TO sign up with the Royal Voluntary Service, which organises our Jabs Army shifts, register by scanning the QR code below with your phone, or visit the website.

And if you are one of the existing 50,000 recruits but have not yet been able to do any shifts, find out where you are needed by clicking on your GoodSAM app.

Make sure the Location setting is enabled on your phone
Click on the Future Tasks tab and volunteering shifts available in your area will appear. If there is one you can do, click Accept.

It will give details of vaccination centres and when and where to report.

• GO TO: nhsvolunteerresponders.org.uk

Ministers have increased jab efforts — vowing to offer both doses to everyone over 50 by June 21.

As Britain enters a crucial stage of the rollout:

•  A MAJOR OECD report said Britain’s economy is on course for a “sharp rebound” this year;
•  TWICKENHAM rugby stadium was turned into a massive walk-in jab centre for the day yesterday, and;
•  ALL under-30s are due to get jab invites this week.

Meanwhile, a top government scientific adviser yesterday said Britain may already be in a third wave.

Prof Ravi Gupta told the BBC: “There has been exponential growth in new cases, at least three- quarters are new variant.”

But bosses warned that many businesses are hanging on “by their fingernails” and desperately need social distancing restrictions to be axed.

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