Vaccination against the coronavirus Covid-19 was launched in the United Kingdom today, Tuesday, December 8, starting with medical staff and the frail, sickly and elderly population, starting with a 90-year-old woman.
The UK launches the Raflatox vaccine today. Britain was the first Western country to approve a coronavirus vaccine. It is hoped that this historic vaccine campaign will provide a major boost to efforts to combat a coronavirus pandemic.
The first person to receive the Pfizer vaccine in the United Kingdom today is a 90-year-old woman named Margaret Keenan. The woman received her first dose of the vaccine at 6:31 a.m. international standard time this morning at a hospital in Coventry, England, according to Reuters news agency in London on Tuesday. The vaccine will require a second dose before the body has sufficient immunity. It was previously announced that the Queen and her wife would join the first group of people to receive the coronavirus vaccine.
The U.K. has the worst coronavirus outbreak in Europe, with more than 61,000 deaths from the disease. It was also the first European country to approve the use of Pfizer and Biotech’s coronavirus vaccine. The speed with which the U.K.’s pharmaceutical regulatory authorities gave the green light to the coronary vaccine has drawn criticism from some scientists. The European Union is expected to approve the vaccine decision by the end of the year.
Britain’s conservative Prime Minister Johnson yesterday celebrated what he said was a landmark day of protest against the pandemic in Britain. But mass vaccination will take time. He warned that the current restrictions on vaccination must continue to be observed.
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