Britain on Tuesday, December 8, began the biggest vaccination program in the country's history, with a 90-year-old grandmother becoming the first person to receive the COVID-19 vaccine produced by Pfizer-BioNTech."I feel so privileged to be the first person vaccinated against COVID-19," said Keenan, who turns 91 next week.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who spent days in intensive care with Covid-19 earlier this year, called it a"huge step forward in the UK's fight against coronavirus." Regulatory approval for the vaccine was given last Wednesday, sparking a race against time to prepare scores of vaccination centers across the country.
The independent Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency maintains that no corners were cut and its assessment and approval procedures met stringent international norms. The government said it will hand out vaccine cards to remind people to get the booster after three weeks, but insisted it was not introducing immunity certificates.The chief medical officers of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland said the vaccine will as a result only have a"marginal impact" on hospital numbers over the winter months.
The vaccine needs to be stored at -70 degrees Celsius , leaving hospitals and other medical hubs as the only places able to deal with such ultra-low temperatures.
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