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Photos: UK administers its first Covid-19 vaccine doses
The United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS) launched what it has called the biggest immunization campaign in its history on December 8, starting Covid vaccinations across the country. People over 80 are at the front of the line for the shot made by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE, with tens of thousands expected to get vaccinated in the coming days. The UK is the first western nation to begin its program, having approved the jab last week.
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Margaret Keenan (C), 90, is applauded by staff as she returns to her ward after becoming the first person to receive the Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine at University Hospital in Coventry, England, on December 8. Keenan, who turns 91 next week, got the on what public health officials have dubbed “V-Day.” (Jacob King / Pool /AFP)
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A nurse holds a vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at University Hospital on December 8. Keenan was first in line at University Hospital Coventry, one of several hospitals around the country that are handling the initial phase of the United Kingdom’s program. (Jacob King / Pool /AFP)
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Matron May Parsons (R) is assessed by Victoria Parker (C) during training in the Covid-19 Vaccination Clinic at the University Hospital in Coventry on December 4. The UK is the first Western country to start a mass vaccination program after British regulators last week authorized the use of a Covid-19 shot developed by US drugmaker Pfizer and Germany’s BioNTech. (Steve Parsons / Pool / AFP)
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Josephine Faleye (C), 80, is prepared to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at the Royal Free hospital in London on December 8. Britain’s program is likely to provide lessons for other countries as they prepare for the unprecedented task of vaccinating billions of people. (Jack Hill / Pool / AFP)
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Deputy charge nurse Katie McIntosh arrives to administer the first of two Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine shots to staff, at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh, Scotland on December 8. In England, the vaccine will be delivered at 50 hospital hubs in the first wave of the program. Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are making their own plans under the UK’s system of devolved administration. (Andrew Milligan / Pool / AFP)
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A nurse administers the vaccine to patient William "Bill" Shakespeare (L), 81, who was the second person to receive the shot at University Hospital in Coventry. Britain has received 800,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine, enough to vaccinate 400,000 people. (Jacob King / Pool / AFP)
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A member of staff (C) collects the next patient to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at a health centre in Cardiff, South Wales on December 8. The first shots will go to people over 80 who are either hospitalized or already have outpatient appointments scheduled, along with nursing home workers and vaccination staff. Others will have to wait their turn. (Justin Tallis/ Various sources / AFP)
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