Football stars are urging the public to get vaccinated - helping the UK achieve its goal of giving coronavirus the red card. Ahead of Saturday's FA Cup final between Chelsea and Leicester City, legends including Harry Redknapp and Chris Kamara have appeared in a short film choosing their best defenders of the season so far… with the Covid-19 jab coming out on top. It's incredible that we've come this far in the pandemic, and that the successful rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine programme has led to this moment. It's the best way back to doing the things we love, not least getting back to watching football the way we know it." Some 20,000 fans are set to attend the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium, making it the largest pilot scheme in the government's Events Research Programme.

Source: Sky sports May 15, 2021 12:45 UTC