For the first time in the world, the vaccine for Covid-19 made by the pharmaceutical company Pfizer/BioNTech.
A 91-year-old woman benefited from it, immortalized in the photo that quickly went around the world.
"I feel very lucky, it's the best birthday present."
In a few days, in fact, Margaret will be 91 years old.
"It means that in the new year I will be able to see family and friends after spending most of this year alone." At her rendezvous with history, Ms. Keenan showed up with bright eyes and a merry Christmas T-shirt on.
"I am fine thank you", he replied to the cameras. Today she will be released from the hospital where she had been for a few days due to other problems. He will spend the holidays with his closest family members, in compliance with the rules.
Health Minister Matt Hancock confided that he was a little moved by the images. «It was a very difficult year but now finally there is a way outthe light at the end of the tunnel. I am proud that we are the first country in the world to deliver this vaccine."
Today I am 53 British hospitals who will administer the first dose: the second will arrive in 21 days. From 14 December, family doctors and many other national centers will also take action. For the logistical part, the armed forces were involved. The country currently has 800,000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, with another four million expected by the end of the month. For Simon Stevens, director of public health in England (NHS England) today is an important milestone. “Less than a year has passed since Covid was diagnosed,” he stressed. “Today, healthcare is administering the first doses of the vaccine: it is an amazing result”.
Source: Courier
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