England Women's team captain Heather Knight has joined the National Health Service (NHS) as a volunteer to help the national healthcare system fight the COVID-19 crisis in the United Kingdom – where the number of cases of the novel coronavirus stood at around 14543 so far.
The mass sign-up follows Health Secretary Matt Hancock’s request for 250,000 people to donate their time to help the 1.5 million people isolating for 12 weeks in an attempt to minimize the spread of deadly COVID-19 virus in the country and he has received an “astonishing” response.
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A total of 170,000 peoples signed up to be volunteers for the NHS to fight against the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic – which has claimed over 30000 lives globally so far, and Knight is one of those who has decided to have her bit of contribution in the fight against the deadly virus.
She will help the health service by delivering food and medicine, transporting patients to appointments and making calls to those in isolation.
Knight has recently returned from Australia, where she led England to the semi-finals of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2020 and is now living under the UK's lockdown rules with partner Bristol.
Knight wrote in her column for BBC: “I signed up to the NHS's volunteer scheme as I have a lot of free time on my hands and I want to help as much as I can. My brother and his partner are doctors, and I have a few friends who work in the NHS, so I know how hard they are working and how difficult it is for everyone.”
A day after the volunteer program was announced on Wednesday, people across the country took a moment during the evening to applaud the NHS for their selfless services in this critical time.
She signed off by saying: “Standing on our doorstep, joining in the #ClapForCarers was incredible, and getting involved and volunteering will help even more. I'm going to get the car out as I've volunteered to transport medicine, and also speak to people who are self-isolating. If someone is home alone, you can ring them up and chat. They have had so many people sign up.”
(With BBC Inputs)
