The first mass vaccination against coronavirus began in the UK today! 90-year-old woman made history

The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, which is 95% effective against coronavirus in the UK, began to be administered today. The first vaccine was given to a 90-year-old woman. Margaret Keenan, who lives in Northern Ireland, also made history as the first patient to receive the approved vaccine. Vaccines in the first shipment, consisting of 800 thousand doses, will be administered in 50 hospitals.

The UK, the first country to give approval to the Pfizer/Biontech vaccine, has started the application. The first batch of vaccines taken to the UK from Belgium reached a hospital in south London over the weekend.

THE FIRST VACCINE WAS GIVEN TO A 90-YEAR-OLD WOMAN

A 90-year-old woman named Margaret Keenan made world history as the first person to receive the approved vaccine. The coronavirus vaccine will be made in the country for the first time to citizens and health workers over the age of 80.

UNBELIEVABLE

"An employee at the hospital where the vaccine was administered said his feelings were" unbelievable. Frankly, I can't hold it because they're at minus 70 degrees. But it's great to know that they're here, that we're the first place in the country or even in the world to get the vaccine. I'm proud of," he said.

50 HOSPITALS CAN BE VACCINATED

The vaccine will be administered in 50 hospitals across the country. Priority will be given to those over 80, health workers and hospice workers. The special vaccine needs to be administered within 3.5 days of being dissolved. In the first batch, 800 thousand of the 40 million doses ordered by the UK were sent to the UK.