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LONDON. Wake up at dawn for the nearly 91-year-old Northern Irishwoman, Margaret Keenan, (she will turn in a week), who at 6.30 local time, 7.30 in Italy, went down in history as the first person in the world to receive the award. Anti Covid Pfizer vaccine. While the first man’s name is incredible: William Shakespeare, 81, of Warwickshire in the West Midlands. Shakespeare, like Mrs Keenan, was also vaccinated at Coventry University Hospital, near Birmingham.
“It is the best birthday present I could receive – said the woman to the journalists and photographers present at the hospital – I can’t wait to go back to spend time with my family and friends.”
Former jewelry salesperson who retired just four years ago, has two children, a boy and a girl, and four grandchildren. Known as Maggie to her friends and family, she wore a surgical mask, a gray wool cardigan, and a blue T-shirt with the words “Merry Christmas.” “I feel very privileged to be the first person to be vaccinated against Covid-19,” she told Coventry hospital nurse May Parsons.
Satisfaction was expressed by the Secretary of Health of the government headed by Boris Johnson: “Today is V-Day – wrote Matt Hancock on Twitter -. Thanks to everyone who made it possible, from the doctors to the NHS administrative staff, the nurses, everyone who volunteered in the trials, and those who got the vaccine today. Let’s all do it.
It’s V-day.
Thanks to everyone who has made it possible, from @MHRAgovuk doctors, NHS administrative staff, doctors, nurses, everyone who volunteered for the trials and those who took the hit today.
Let’s get this over with! pic.twitter.com/fDixTMDXip– Matt Hancock (@MattHancock) December 8, 2020
The United Kingdom is the European country most affected by the coronavirus with more than 61,000 deaths, it is the first Western country to have given the green light to the public administration, and it is the first in the world to have authorized the newly developed prototype developed by laboratories. Germans BioNTech. in partnership with the US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, whose vaccine is 95% effective.
This day marks a big step forward in the fight against the virus, but mass vaccination “will still take some time,” said Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who called this “an extraordinary day in the fight against coronavirus.” So, thank you “to the scientists, doctors and nurses and to all the volunteers. Now we can really hope for a better future. The British premier also recalled that he has not finished: “Throughout the winter, we cannot lower our guard, despite the arrival of the vaccine. Because this virus is always with us, and it will be for a long time. So always remember: wash your hands, social distancing and wear masks.
Britain has currently received around 800,000 vaccines, but has reserved 40 million for Pfizer, with the intention of guaranteeing the first dose and the booster for 20 million people in the coming months. An amount that should make it possible to largely cover the nine priority categories (by age and vulnerability, even over 50 years) in phase 1 of what Johnson has called “the largest vaccination campaign in history.”
“It will be a marathon, not a sprint,” reiterated Professor Stephen Powis, medical director of the NHS, recalling that it will start with the nursing homes (hospitalized and personal) and immediately after all the people over 80 years of the country and – with them – by doctors and nurses on the front lines of the coronavirus emergency.
It must be remembered that the vaccine must be transported in very cold temperatures, in fact it requires supercooling to 70-80 degrees below zero, although Pfizer said it can be stored for five days in a normal refrigerator before being used. To vaccinate the entire population, the British government also has the other Oxford and Moderna vaccines (when approved by the local drug agency) for the summer of 2021.
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