Margaret Keenan, the 90-year-old grandmother who became the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine outside of a trial in Britain on Tuesday, has a message for others: “go for it” to beat the devastating disease.

An early riser, Keenan, from Northern Ireland, received the Pfizer-BioNTech shot at her local hospital in Coventry, central England, at 0631 GMT, a week before she turns 91.

A video showed her being wheeled out of the ward while nursing staff clad in protective gear lined the corridor to applaud and cheer, an echo of moving video clips released through the year when COVID-19 survivors left hospital.

“I say go for it, go for it because it’s free and it’s the best thing that has ever happened,” Keenan told reporters as cameras flashed and television reporters asked questions.

“If I can do it, well, so can you,” she told any doubters.

Known as Maggie to her friends, Keenan said she had stuck by the rules and spent most of the year on her own as the “devastating” pandemic took hold.

The vaccine means she can start to look forward to spending time with her family and friends again.

Britain is the first Western country to start immunising its population in what has been hailed as a turning point in the battle to defeat the disease. It is the worst-hit country in Europe with more than 61,000 deaths.

“I wasn’t nervous at all,” Keenan said, before discussing plans for her birthday.

Video footage showed the former jewellery shop assistant wearing a light blue mask, a grey cardigan and a blue T-shirt with a penguin in snow and the message “Merry Christmas”.

She received the shot in her left arm from nurse May Parsons, who has worked in Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) for 24 years.

“WE WILL BEAT THIS TOGETHER”

The mass inoculation will fuel hope that the world may be turning a corner in the fight against a pandemic that has crushed economies and killed more than 1.5 million.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0n799cMy234

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-britain-idUKKBN28I0OQ

cool

Bv

Congratulations, at least we can have some hopes the disease is nearing it end....

Bubu should be the first to get it in Nigeria, may be the vaccine will clear his face so that he will see his magnitude of failure.

Good news at last

Cool...

While thanking her for her sacrifice, let's wait for 2 weeks.
Just then should everyone take a shot
Gramma survived it

Has WHO approved/certified this Covid-19 Vaccine?

Nice one

We are doing just fine in Nigeria without vaccine so let them take to countries where it's needed most.

They just want this woman to.make history before she die...

Aabboibbii
We dont need the virus so we dont need the vaccine
Congrats old lady

Good development.

The Queen followed by the Prime minister ought to be the first to get it followed by the cabinet members then the public will be encouraged to get it.

from the older once to the younger.
nice one

Nawao

It’s well

I am ready....

Hmmmm, she's already old, let wait and see how she handles it for 6 months first, I'll hate to be used as a lab rat at my young age

Use your head....

May God deliver us from Destruction.May we not see evil in 2021

Good for her

And when the 'second wave' comes she'll be the first to take it too

Thank God dey said its a "grandmother";no b youth like me wey never even start life wey go carry myself use for experiment.So may controversial;AntiChrist;BillGates propaganda stories surrounding this Pfizer vaccine;nobody knows which one is true again..And last I checked;we were doing not so bad in Nigeria.I personally know I have suffered this Covid disease ;I even stopped smelling and tasting things; with fever and all;and I was treated with malaria medicine and recovered...
So I wish mama luck.

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