Coronavirus: does ‘V-Day’ mark the end of the pandemic?

UK woman becomes first person to receive Pfizer jab as NHS launches biggest-ever vaccination drive

Margaret Keenan receives the first coronavirus vaccine
Margaret Keenan received the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine at her local hospital in Coventry
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A 90-year-old woman has become the the first person in the world to be vaccinated against Covid-19 outside of a clinical trial, as the largest mass vaccination drive in NHS history kicks off on what Health Secretary Matt Hancock has dubbed “V-Day”.

Grandmother-of-four Margaret Keenan received the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine at 6.31am today at her local hospital in Coventry, after the UK government last week became the first to approve the jab for public use. Keenan, who turns 91 next week, said it was “the best early birthday present I could wish for” .

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