‘So pleased’ – Britain provides first dose of Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine to dialysis affected person

Britain started inoculating its residents with the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine in opposition to COVID-19 on Monday, giving the shot to Brian Pinker, an 82-year-old dialysis affected person, at a hospital a number of hundred metres away from the place the vaccine was developed.
Pinker, a retired upkeep supervisor, paid tribute to the scientists who had developed the shot, saying he was trying ahead to celebrating his marriage ceremony anniversary.
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“I am so pleased to be getting the COVID vaccine today and really proud that it is one that was invented in Oxford,” he stated in an announcement launched by the well being service.

“The nurses, doctors and staff today have all been brilliant and I can now really look forward to celebrating my 48th wedding anniversary with my wife Shirley later this year.”
Andrew Pollard, the pinnacle of the Oxford Vaccine Group and chief investigator into the trial of the shot, additionally obtained the vaccine, the National Health Service (NHS) stated.