90-Year-Old Woman First To Receive COVID-19 Vaccine In The UK!
It’s happening: The U.K. has started rolling out the COVID-19 vaccine and a 90-year-old woman was one the first to get it!
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Margaret Keenan, a grandmother of four, made history Tuesday after she got the shot and officially launched the United Kingdom’s nationwide coronavirus immunization campaign. Keenan, who turns 91 next week, said she felt happy after getting the potentially lifesaving birthday present.
“I feel so privileged to be the first person vaccinated against COVID-19,” said Keenan, who received the shot at 6:30 a.m. U.K. time. “It’s the best early birthday present I could wish for because it means I can finally look forward to spending time with my family and friends in the new year after being on my own for most of the year,” NPR quotes. As we previously reported, England was the first Western country to approve Pfizer’s vaccine for emergency use. The U.S. is expected to grant their approval to the Pfizer vaccine in the coming days.
British health officials marked Tuesday as a turning point in the country’s battle with the virus, which has infected more than 67 million people around the world and has killed more than 1.5 million people, Johns Hopkins University data shows. Just alone, the U.K. has more than 1.7 million confirmed COVID-19 cases.
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