British grandmother is first person to get Pfizer jab outside trial

Margaret Keenan speaks to the media after becoming the first person in the UK to receive the Covid-19 vaccine at University Hospital in Coventry on Tuesday. Picture: PA WIRE/BLOOMBERG/JACOB KING

Britain began rolling out the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech on Tuesday, the first Western country to start vaccinating its general population in what was hailed as a decisive watershed in defeating the coronavirus. Keenan, known as Maggie to her friends, is a former jewellery shop assistant who only retired four years ago. She has a daughter, a son and four grandchildren.

Britain is the worst-hit European country from Covid-19, with over 61,000 deaths, but Prime Minister Boris Johnson hopes to turn the tide against the disease by rolling out the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine before the US or EU.

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