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Covid-19 vaccine: First person to get Pfizer jab in UK gets booster shot
Web Report/London Filed on December 30, 2020
Margaret Keenan was the first patient in the United Kingdom to receive the Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine. Photo: AFP
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Margaret Keenan, 91, said she felt privileged to be given the vaccine
The first person in the UK, and perhaps one of the oldest person in the world to receive the Pfizer Covid-19 jab, has now been administered the follow-up vaccine at University Hospital in Coventry.
Briton Margaret Keenan, 91, was given the ‘booster jab three weeks after she received her first jab on December 8.
Covid-19: Republic of Ireland begins vaccine rollout
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media caption I really feel like there is a bit of hope there now
A 79-year-old woman has become the first person in the Republic of Ireland to receive a Covid-19 vaccine.
Grandmother of 10, Annie Lynch, from Dublin, received the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine at St James s Hospital on Tuesday.
Ms Lynch said she felt very privileged to receive the jab. I really feel like there is a bit of hope there now, she said.
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Ms Lynch added that everything had been explained very clearly to her before the vaccine was administered.
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Covid-19: First vaccine patient has her second jab
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image captionMargaret Keenan was given the follow-up vaccine at University Hospital in Coventry
The first person in the world to be given the Pfizer Covid-19 jab as part of a mass vaccination programme has received a second dose.
Margaret Keenan was given the follow-up vaccine at University Hospital in Coventry earlier - three weeks after the first.
The hospital s chief executive Andy Hardy said the hospital was delighted to welcome Margaret back.
Two doses of the vaccine are needed to give the best chance of protection.
The grandmother, who is originally from Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh, received a first injection on 8 December, a week before her 91st birthday, and described it as the best early birthday present .