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The Telegraph published this video item, entitled “Margaret Keenan receives guard of honour after getting first Covid vaccine” – below is their description.
A 90-year-old grandmother from Coventry has become the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine this morning.
Margaret Keenan, who turns 91 next week, received the jab at 6.31am in Coventry on Tuesday as the NHS launched its biggest-ever vaccination campaign.
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In This Story: COVID-19
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Symptoms of coronavirus
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- a persistent new cough (non productive, dry)
- a high temperature (e.g. head feels warm to the touch)
- shortness of breath (if this is abnormal for the individual, or increased)
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In This Story: Margaret Keenan
Margaret Keenan became the first person in the world to be given the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine outside of a trial, at 06:31 GMT on 8th December 2020. The grandmother from Northern Ireland received the injection in Coventry, England – the first of 800,000 doses to be administered in the UK.
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In This Story: Pfizer
Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) is an American multinational pharmaceutical corporation headquartered in New York City. In 2012, it was one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies and ranked 57 on the 2018 Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by total revenue.
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In This Story: Vaccine
A vaccine is a biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular infectious disease. A vaccine typically contains an agent that resembles a disease-causing microorganism and is often made from weakened or killed forms of the microbe, its toxins, or one of its surface proteins.