Margaret Keenan, 90, Becomes First British to Receive COVID-19 Vaccine Jab Outside Trial
The 90-year-old Margaret keenan becomes the first person in England to receive Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine shot outside trial in Britain, as the country started vaccinating its population.
She received the vaccine jab at her local hospital in Coventry, central England on Tuesday morning.
In a released footage Keenan is shown being pushed in a wheelchair out of the ward while medical staff were cheering as she finally left the hospital.
Britain becomes the first western country to enable immunizing its public in what is hailed as decisive watershed in defeating the Covid-19.
“I feel so privileged to be the first person vaccinated against COVID-19,” said Keenan in front of the reporters.
Next week is her 91 birth year, she felt privileged and said “It’s the best early birthday present I could wish for because it means I can finally look forward to spending time with my family and friends in the New Year after being on my own for most of the year.”
She is a grandmother to four grand children and has a daughter and a son, she cheered saying “WE WILL BEAT THIS TOGETHER”.
The county is the worst-hit European country from COVID-19, with over 61,000 deaths, the mass inoculation will give hope to the world to fight against the current pandemic that has crushed economies and killed more than 1.5 million individuals.
The utilization of the vaccine will be kept limited as it requires ultra-cold location to be stored.
In a tweet Boris Johnson said we will beat this together, and thanked the national health service for rolling out the vaccine.
According to BBC, William Shakespeare from Warwickshire is the second person who received the vaccine jab.
UK ordered 40 million doses of Pfizer and BioNTech vaccines, as each person requires two doses to vaccine 20 million people in the country of 67 million.
800,000 other doses are expected to be available within the first week, as care home residents their carers, Old individuals and some health workers becomes top priority.
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