Margret Keenan, 90 is the first person to receive the approved COVID vaccine in the world. She was given the Pfizer vaccine which is authorized for use against coronavirus. Keenan from Northern Ireland on Thursday said that she felt “so privileged” to receive the first vaccine at University Hospital.
Keenan said its the best early birthday present she could wish as she can finally spend time with her family and friends in the new year. She also thanked the National Health Service (NHS) staff for taking care of her all the while. Her advice to everyone is to take the vaccine to anyone offered.
Keenan said “ if I can have it at 90 then you can have it too” assuring the safety of vaccine against COVID.
The U.K approved Pfizer vaccine last week and the country becomes the first to start the vaccine program in the entire world. However, vaccination in the U.K is not mandatory.
NHS said that their staff have been working continuously to handle the mass vaccine deployment. The first 800000 doses of Pfizer vaccine will go to the older people who are over 80 age. Many of the old people are outpatients and have returned to their homes as in line to receive the vaccine.
The country reported over 1,742,000 active cases and the crossed 61,000 deaths.
The U.K Prime Minster Boris Johnson tweeted “Thank you to our NHS, to all of the scientists who worked so hard to develop this vaccine, to all the volunteers – and to everyone who has been following the rules to protect others”. he also added that “we will beat this together”
