First person given Covid-19 vaccine in UK
A 90-year-old woman become the first person given a Covid jab as part of the mass vaccination programme being rolled out across the UK.
Margaret Keenan, who turns 91 next week, said it’s the “best early birthday present”.
She had the injection at 06:31 GMT at the University Hospital in Coventry. It’s the first of 800,000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine that will be given in the coming weeks.
Up to four million more are expected by the end of the month.
Health Secretary, Matt Hancock says ‘it’s the beginning of the end’ of the pandemic.
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'It was fine, I wasn't nervous at all' this from #margaretkeenan the first to receive covid-19 vaccine https://t.co/wmA5JtMhKT amazing and proud #CovidVaccine #NHS #beginningoftheend @MattHancock pic.twitter.com/QKaS562xxz
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