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The UK was the first country to start its vaccination campaign on Tuesday morning. People over 80 and healthcare employees should start.
She was the first: Margaret Keenan had been vaccinated in the UK on Tuesday morning.
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She was the first. At 6:31 am UK time, Margaret Keenan, 90, became the first person in a non-clinical trial to receive the vaccine from pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Biontech. She described this as a privilege and, after all, she hopes to celebrate Christmas with her family, having spent most of the year alone.
The United Kingdom, one of the countries most affected by Covid-19 in Europe, became the first Western country to start vaccinating its population on Tuesday. As a first step, people over 80 years of age and health sector employees should receive the vaccine. 40 million cans were ordered for December and next year. Since two vaccinations three weeks apart are necessary for complete protection, 20 million, and thus about a third of the population, can be vaccinated. About two million people are expected to receive the vaccine by the end of the year.
Over the next few days, Queen Elizabeth II, 94, and her husband Felipe, 99, among others, want to get vaccinated.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson also spoke on Twitter. He thanked the health workers, researchers, and volunteers.
The UK is not the first country to vaccinate Covid-19. The first cans have already been distributed in China and Russia. However, this is not the vaccine approved by Pfizer and Biontech, but two vaccines that have not yet been properly tested and are therefore controversial.
