This 90-Year-Old Woman From UK Is First Person In The World To Receive Covid-19 Vaccine
A 90-year-old woman in the UK has become the first in the world to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
Margaret Keenan received the first two doses at the University Hospital in Coventry.
Talking about it, Keenan, who is originally from Enniskillen, said:
“I feel so privileged to be the first person vaccinated against Covid-19, 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.”
“I can’t thank May and the NHS staff enough who have looked after me tremendously, and my advice to anyone offered the vaccine is to take it – if I can have it at 90 then you can have it too.”
The United Kingdom is now the first country in the West to administer the vaccine to its citizens.
The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine was approved by UK authorities last week and is set to be given to over 40 million Britons in a programmed roll-out.
According to reports, the vaccine will be administered firstly to medical workers and home caregivers, frontline health workers, those aged 80 and above before being made available to the general public.
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