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First man in world to get approved Covid jab is dead: Brit William Shakespeare has died at 81 t.co/9mnSlgihyypic.twitter.com/8jgmnwggOW
William Shakespeare, the first man in the world to have an approved Covid jab, has died in hospital aged 81 after a long battle with an unrelated illness.
Bill, as he was known, made global headlines on so-called V-Day on December 8 when he received the Pfizer/BioNTech jab at the University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire.
The former Rolls Royce employee and parish councillor passed away last Thursday after a period of illness at the same hospital where he famously received his vaccine.
The emotional moment a mother cradled her newborn baby for the first time after suffering a stillbirth at 36 weeks pregnant a year earlier was captured on BBC2 s Hospital.
Faith, 25, was diagnosed with a rare placental condition, massive perivillous fibrin deposition (MPFD), which effects just one in 1,000 pregnancies and can increase risk of baby loss by up to 50 per cent, after her baby son Grayson was tragically still born last year.
During her second pregnancy, she was treated by Consultant Obstetrician Professor Siobhan Quenby at University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire, who deals with some of the most complex pregnancies in the country and works for one of only four miscarriage research centres in the UK.
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The first man in the world to have the Covid vaccine has passed away.
Tributes have poured in for William Shakespeare - fondly known as Bill - who hit global headlines last year when he received the jab.