LONDON - At risk patients in the United Kingdom (UK) will begin receiving the coronavirus jab today, on what has been dubbed “V-Day” by newspapers.
About 70 hospital hubs across the UK are preparing to give the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to over-80s, as well as some health and care staff.
Among the first to receive the jab will be Hari and Ranjan Shukla from Newcastle, both in their 80s. Hari said he was “excited” to get the vaccination.
History was made this morning when 90-year-old Margaret Keenan became the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine outside trial conditions.
While most of the UK was still dozing, Keenan was given the vaccine by nurse May Parsons at Coventry’s University Hospital at 6:31am.
Keenan said being first was “a privilege” and will return to the hospital in 21 days to receive a booster jab to ensure protection against the virus.
