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In England, the first British man was vaccinated with the vaccine from the University of Oxford and the pharmaceutical company Astrazeneca. 82-year-old dialysis patient Brian Pinker from Oxford received the first protective stab at the university clinic there on Monday morning, the British health service NHS said.
“I am very happy to receive the Covid-19 vaccine today and I am very proud that it was invented at Oxford,” Pinker said, according to the statement.
British Health Minister Matt Hancock described the initiation of vaccination with the agent as an “indispensable step” in the fight against the pandemic. The UK had given emergency approval for drugs last week. After the Biontech / Pfizer vaccine, it is the second crown vaccine used in the country.
Half a million cans
The big advantage: the Oxford agent can be stored in freezing temperatures, which significantly simplifies logistics. At first, the country has half a million doses available, which will be injected in hundreds of hospitals and doctors’ offices starting this week. Astrazeneca has not yet submitted an application for approval for its vaccine in the EU.
