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Boris Johnson has received the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine.
The 56-year-old prime minister received his first dose at London’s St Thomas’ Hospital, where he was treated in intensive care last April after contracting COVID-19.
By receiving the vaccine, Johnson joins more than 26 million people in the UK who have received a first dose.
Boris Johnson imagined receiving the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine at St Thomas Hospital. Photo: No 10
When he left the hospital on Friday night, he told reporters: “I literally felt nothing and it was very good, very fast and I can’t recommend it very much.”
“Everyone, when you get your notification to throw a jab, please go get it. It’s the best for you, the best for your family and for everyone else.
He added: “Don’t listen to me, listen to all the scientists, listen to what the European Union Medicines Agency has to say, what the MHRA [Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency] has said. The risk is COVID, this is a great thing to do. “
He received his vaccine at the end of a week in which the government admitted that the UK’s supply of injections is likely to be “tighter” next month, amid delays in supplies from India and the need to revert to. try more than a year and a half. million doses.
Johnson had previously revealed that he would take the hit from AstraZeneca, when he referred to news that some European countries had suspended use of the vaccine due to concerns about blood clots.
France, Germany and Italy are among those that have restarted their vaccination programs with the AstraZeneca vaccine after the European Medicines Agency said the vaccine was “safe and effective.”
The PM gives a double thumbs up after receiving the vaccine. Photo: No 10
The World Health Organization and MHRA have also said the injection is safe and have encouraged people to keep their vaccination appointments.
“The Oxford jab is safe and the Pfizer jab is safe,” Johnson said at a Downing Street briefing on Thursday night.
“What is not safe is contracting COVID, which is why it is so important that we all receive our blows as soon as our turn comes.”
US President Joe Biden, Narendra Modi of India, Joko Widodo of Indonesia, Recep Erdogan of Turkey, Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and King Salman of Saudi Arabia are other world leaders who have received a COVID vaccine.
In the UK, both the Queen and Prince Philip have taken a hit, as have Labor leader Sir Keir Starmer, Welsh Prime Minister Mark Drakeford and former Prime Ministers Theresa May and David Cameron.
Last April, Johnson was treated in intensive care, although the prime minister has since said that he “never really thought he would not return.”
Johnson photographed outside the hospital where he received the vaccine Friday night.
He was also forced to isolate himself in November 2020 after meeting an MP who later tested positive for the disease.
The NHS recommends that people who have already had and recovered from COVID should get vaccinated.
