Grandma is the first person who receives Pfizer's covid-19 vaccine in UK and William Shakespeare is the second by a Filipino Nurse.
Update: covid vaccine will be distributed to canada and other countries after UK.
A UK grandmother has become the first person in the world to be given the Pfizer Covid-19 jab as part of a mass vaccination program. Margaret Keenan, who turns 91 next week, said the injection she received at 06:31 am in UK time was the "best early birthday present". It was the first of 800,000 doses of the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine that will be dispensed in the coming weeks. Margaret Keenan was given the vaccine by May Parsons, a Filipino-British Matron at University Hospital in Coventry.
This is Historical event in the world. UK is the first to distribute Covid-19 vaccine of Pfizer and BioNTech.
Up to four million more are expected by the end of the month. Hubs in the UK are starting the rollout by vaccinating the over-80s and some health and care staff. Senior NHS sources told the BBC "thousands of vaccinations" had taken place across the UK on Tuesday. Dubbing the day "V-day", Health Secretary Matt Hancock said it was "a tribute to scientific endeavor and human ingenuity and to the hard work of so many people.
"Today marks the start of the fight back against our common enemy, the coronavirus," he said. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, on a visit to a London hospital to see some of the first people getting the jab, said getting vaccinated was "good for you and good for the whole country". Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said: "Today we should all allow ourselves a smile - but we must not drop our guard." On Tuesday, the UK government reported a further 616 people had died within 28 days of a positive test, taking the total, by that measure, to 62,033. A further 12,282 people tested positive for the virus. At University Hospital, Coventry, matron May Parsons administered the very first injection to Ms Keenan.
"I
feel so privileged to be the first person vaccinated against Covid-19," said
Ms. Keenan, who is originally from Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh.
"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.
"My
advice to anyone offered the vaccine is to take it. If I can have it at 90,
then you can have it too," she added.
Prof Stephen Powis, national medical director of NHS England, who witnessed the "historic moment", said: "We couldn't hug her but we could clap, and everybody did so in the room."
Next Story, An 81-year-old man became the second person to receive a COVID-19 vaccine in the UK on Tuesday, but he gained worldwide attention over his name: William Shakespeare.
Shakespeare, who hails from Warwickshire, the county where the famous English poet was born, got his shot at University Hospital Coventry. Shortly after receiving the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine, Shakespeare said it was "groundbreaking" for him to be getting one.
"It could make a difference to our lives from now on, couldn't it?" he said. "It's started changing our lives and our lifestyle."
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