A 90-year-old woman from the United Kingdom is the first recipient of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine which she described it as the “best early birthday present”.
Margaret Keenan, who hails from Northern Ireland, turns 91 next week and said she “felt priviledged to be the first person” to get the vaccine.
She called the experience “strange and wonderful”.
Her vaccine was the first of 800,000 doses to be distributed to people over the age of 80.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told the first recipients getting the shot it was good for the whole country.
The second recipient of the vaccine in Britain is an 81-year-old man named William Shakespeare.
Up to four million additional doses of the vaccine are expected in the United Kingdom by the end of December.
Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister for Scotland said we should all allow ourselves a smile today but, warned against dropped our guard.
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