Covid Pfizer vaccine, first dose administered in the UK – Corriere.it



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LONDON A 90-year-old woman from Northern Ireland is the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine for Covid. And so, today, Tuesday December 8, the UK’s mass vaccination program. by Margaret Keenan, the 90-year-old man who became the first person to be vaccinated in Coventry at 6:31 a.m., is a personal victory. I feel very lucky, the best birthday present.

In fact, in a few days Margaret will be 91 years old. It means that with the new year you will be able to see family and friends after spending most of this year alone. At her rendezvous with history, Ms. Keenan appears with a lively look and a cheery Christmas T-shirt. I’m fine thanksthe cameras responded. Today she will be discharged from the hospital where she was a few days for other problems. You will spend the holidays with your closest relatives, according to the rules.


Health Minister Matt Hancock said he felt some excitement at the images. it was a very difficult year but now there is finally a way out, the light at the end of the tunnel. I am proud to be the first country in the world to distribute this vaccine.

I am today 53 British hospitals who will administer the first dose: the second will arrive in 21 days. As of December 14, family doctors and many other national centers will also take action. In the logistics part, the Armed Forces participated. Currently, the country has 800,000 doses of the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine, with another four million expected by the end of the month. For Simon Stevens, Director of Public Health (NHS England), today is an important milestone. Less than a year has passed since he was diagnosed with Covid, he stressed. Today the health is administering the first doses of the vaccine: an amazing result.

December 8, 2020 (change December 8, 2020 | 09:35)

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