82-year-old British old man gets world’s first AstraZeneca vaccine

An 82-year-old British old man became the world’s first vaccinator of a novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) vaccine jointly developed by Oxford University and pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca.

Brian Pinker, 82, a retired maintenance manager at Oxford Churchill Hospital in England, received the AstraZeneca vaccine for the first time in the world, the BBC reported. He was vaccinated at 7:30 am that day.

The British government pre-purchased 100 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine. On that day, 530,000 doses of the vaccine were sent nationwide, and six regional hospitals including Oxford, London, Sussex, Lancashire, and Wickshire, where Oxford University is located, began vaccination.

Health Minister Matt Hancock said, “The vaccine will help deter infection and lift movement restrictions. The UK has reached a turning point in combating COVID-19.”

Pinker, who had been undergoing kidney dialysis treatment at Churchill Hospital for many years, said, “I am very proud of the vaccine developed in Oxford.” “The nurses, doctors, and staff are all great, so we can celebrate the 48th anniversary of marriage with my wife Shirley later this year.” .

Despite the spread of vaccines, the pandemic (a pandemic) situation in the UK worsened day by day, and eventually the government entered into a third national blockade following last year’s March and November. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on the day that “hospitals are under pressure more than ever since the pandemic began,” and “we are entering a new blockade.”

Prime Minister Johnson, who visited Chase Farm Hospital in London to meet people who received the first AstraZeneca vaccine, said, “It will be very difficult weeks. But by the end of March, the number of vaccinations will reach tens of millions.”