‘People meet me in the street and they say, “Oh you know, thank god for you because I wasn’t going to have this jab.” Britain’s ground-breaking vaccine rollout is one year old today – and Margaret Keenan, the first person to get it, is still celebrating
The ground-breaking vaccination programme began a year ago today with now 90-year-old Margaret Keenan
‘Oh, it was wonderful. I mean, I can’t believe it now, what happened at the time, because I was quite ill,’ Margaret told reporters today.‘And I’m so happy, and I’m so happy I got the jab. And it’s been a wonderful year, really. Wonderful. ‘I know, I didn’t think it was going to be so big at the time. But before I had the vaccination, before I came in the hospital room, I was talking about this jab, thinking about this virus that was going around.supports HTML5 videoMargaret, second from right, was the first person to receive the jab though 12% of people aged 30 to 49 have yet to receive a first shot
This picture hit headlines around the world a year ago as Margaret was the first person to receive the Pfizer vaccine as part of the rollout The Prince of Wales also urged those hesitating to get a booster jab to look at the evidence
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