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Baroness Floella Benjamin has spoken of her pride after receiving a first coronavirus vaccine dose.
The 71-year-old actress said she would wear a badge saying I ve had the jab after being vaccinated.
The Lib Dem peer, who came to Britain in 1960 and was born in Trinidad, is known for appearing in the children s programme Play School and received a damehood last year.
Over 6.8m people in the UK have now received a first vaccine dose.
As a member of the House of Lords, Baroness Benjamin has spoken regularly about the disproportionate effect of Covid-19 on black, Asian and minority ethnic communities as well as the knock-on impact of the pandemic.