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IN PICS | UK Embarks On 'Marathon' Covid-19 Vaccination Drive With 90-Yr-Old Getting First Shot

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Representative Image (Source: PTI)
Representative Image (Source: PTI)
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson watches as nurse Rebecca Cathersides administers the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Lyn Wheeler at Guy's Hospital in London, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020. (Image: PTI)
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson watches as nurse Rebecca Cathersides administers the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Lyn Wheeler at Guy's Hospital in London, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020. (Image: PTI)
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A 90-year-old British grandmother, Margaret
A 90-year-old British grandmother, Margaret "Maggie" Keenan, on Tuesday became the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech jab against COVID-19 as the UK kicked off its biggest-ever vaccine campaign in history. (Image: PTI)
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Nurses at the Royal Free Hospital, London, simulate the administration of the Pfizer vaccine to support staff training ahead of the rollout, in London last week. (Image: PTI)
Nurses at the Royal Free Hospital, London, simulate the administration of the Pfizer vaccine to support staff training ahead of the rollout, in London last week. (Image: PTI)
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Trucks drive down a motorway outside the Pfizer Manufacturing plant in Puurs, Belgium last week. British officials on Wednesday authorized a COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, greenlighting the world's first shot against the virus. (Image: PTI)
Trucks drive down a motorway outside the Pfizer Manufacturing plant in Puurs, Belgium last week. British officials on Wednesday authorized a COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, greenlighting the world's first shot against the virus. (Image: PTI)
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Henry (Jack) Vokes, 98, reacts receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Southmead Hospital, Bristol, England. The UK is the first country in the world to start using the Pfizer vaccine after regulators approved its use last week. (Getty Image)
Henry (Jack) Vokes, 98, reacts receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Southmead Hospital, Bristol, England. The UK is the first country in the world to start using the Pfizer vaccine after regulators approved its use last week. (Getty Image)
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A worker holds a bottle of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, as the mass public vaccination program gets underway at Southmead Hospital in Bristol, England. (Image: PTI)
A worker holds a bottle of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, as the mass public vaccination program gets underway at Southmead Hospital in Bristol, England. (Image: PTI)
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At 6:31 am GMT early riser Margaret, known to family and friends as Maggie, was given the life-saving jab by nurse May Parsons at her local hospital in Coventry to mark what the National Health Service (NHS) has dubbed a
At 6:31 am GMT early riser Margaret, known to family and friends as Maggie, was given the life-saving jab by nurse May Parsons at her local hospital in Coventry to mark what the National Health Service (NHS) has dubbed a "landmark moment" on V-Day or Vaccine Day in the fight against the deadly virus. (Image: Getty)
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More than 50 hospitals across England were designated as covid-19 vaccine hubs, the first stage of what will be a lengthy vaccination campaign. NHS staff, over-80s, and care home residents will be among the first to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, which recently received emergency approval from the country's health authorities. (Image: Getty)
More than 50 hospitals across England were designated as covid-19 vaccine hubs, the first stage of what will be a lengthy vaccination campaign. NHS staff, over-80s, and care home residents will be among the first to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, which recently received emergency approval from the country's health authorities. (Image: Getty)
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Clinical educator Sister, Lisa McCulloch (left) speaks to medical staff ahead of the delivery of the first Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine jabs in Northern Ireland at the Royal Victoria Hospital on the first day of the largest immunisation programme in the UK's history on December 8, 2020 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. (Image: PTI)
Clinical educator Sister, Lisa McCulloch (left) speaks to medical staff ahead of the delivery of the first Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine jabs in Northern Ireland at the Royal Victoria Hospital on the first day of the largest immunisation programme in the UK's history on December 8, 2020 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. (Image: PTI)
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The second person vaccinated was 81-year-old William Shakespeare from Warwickshire, who said he was
The second person vaccinated was 81-year-old William Shakespeare from Warwickshire, who said he was "pleased" to be given the jab. They were joined by an 87-year-old British Indian grandfather of nine Dr Hari Shukla and his 83-year-old wife who became the first Indian-origin couple in the world to get a vaccine against COVID-19. (Image: Getty)

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