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As far as is known, she is the first person in the world to receive the drug outside of a research environment, reports the BBC.
“I feel very privileged,” said Keenan after receiving an injection at Coventry University Hospital. “I can finally look forward to something again. In the new year I hope to spend a lot of time with friends and family again. I have spent most of the past year on my own. ”
The former jeweler’s assistant, who only retired four years ago, will receive the second dose of the vaccine in three weeks.
The United Kingdom has ordered tens of millions of doses of the Pfizer vaccine. A major vaccination campaign starts on Tuesday. Health Secretary Matt Hancock described Keenan’s first inoculation as an emotional moment. He expects it will take until spring for all vulnerable people to be vaccinated. Only when that has been done can the restrictions intended to contain the virus be lifted.
The country has ordered a 40 million dose of the vaccine. Because every person has to receive this vaccine twice, 20 million of the more than 66 million Britons can be vaccinated in the near future. The first delivery, which arrived last Thursday, includes 800,000 doses.
Great Britain is the first Western country to launch a vaccination campaign. Hancock called Tuesday “V-day,” a reference to the name of Liberation Day, VE-day. “If we manage to do this for everyone who is susceptible to the disease, then we can go on and back to normal.”
The coronavirus has killed more than 1.5 million people worldwide and economies have been badly affected. Great Britain has been hit hardest in Europe with 61,000 dead.
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