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Coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer/BioNTech administered to first patient in the United Kingdom
The UK’s mass coronavirus vaccination program has officially begun, with the drug developed by Pfizer and BioNTech injected into the shoulder of a 90-year-old grandmother called Margaret Keenan.
Key points:
- The UK will be the first country in the world to start using the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine
- Britain has ordered 40 million doses of the vaccine
- The vaccine vials have to be shipped at extremely cold temperatures
She received the injection during an appointment at her local hospital in Coventry in central England.
About 800,000 doses are expected to be administered at 70 hospitals in the coming days, less than a week after Britain became the first Western nation to approve a vaccine against COVID-19.
UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the…
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