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| Margaret Keenan: First UK person to get the Pfizer jab gets booster | Margaret Keenan: First UK person to get the Pfizer jab gets booster |
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| Margaret Keenan: First UK person to get the Pfizer jab gets booster | Margaret Keenan: First UK person to get the Pfizer jab gets booster |
| Margaret Keenan: First UK person to get the Pfizer jab gets booster | |
| A woman who became the first person in the world to get the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine has had her booster. | A woman who became the first person in the world to get the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine has had her booster. |
| Margaret Keenan, 91, from Coventry, got her third injection at University Hospital in the city on Friday, the same place she was first vaccinated. | Margaret Keenan, 91, from Coventry, got her third injection at University Hospital in the city on Friday, the same place she was first vaccinated. |
| Also getting the booster was Matron May Parsons, who administered Ms Keenan's first jab back in December. | Also getting the booster was Matron May Parsons, who administered Ms Keenan's first jab back in December. |
| Ms Keenan said she felt happy she had got it done and that it meant she felt free. | Ms Keenan said she felt happy she had got it done and that it meant she felt free. |
| The UK has administered more than 48 million first doses of coronavirus vaccine so far. | The UK has administered more than 48 million first doses of coronavirus vaccine so far. |
| Booster jabs are being offered to the over-50s, younger adults with health conditions and frontline health and care workers. | Booster jabs are being offered to the over-50s, younger adults with health conditions and frontline health and care workers. |
| The recommendation came from the JCVI (Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation) amid concern about waning immunity | The recommendation came from the JCVI (Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation) amid concern about waning immunity |
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| Margaret Keenan reflects on receiving world's first jab | |
| Margaret Keenan reflects on receiving world's first jab | Margaret Keenan reflects on receiving world's first jab |
| When Ms Keenan, originally from Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh, received her first injection it prompted headlines across the world and attention on social media, also tripling sales of the charity t-shirt she was wearing, | When Ms Keenan, originally from Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh, received her first injection it prompted headlines across the world and attention on social media, also tripling sales of the charity t-shirt she was wearing, |
| Ms Keenan caused sales of a charity t-shirt to triple when she wore it for her first vaccine | Ms Keenan caused sales of a charity t-shirt to triple when she wore it for her first vaccine |
| Asked what advice she would give to people who are worried about getting vaccinated, Ms Keenan said: "For the few seconds it takes, go and have the injection, it saves their lives and it saves their families' lives". | Asked what advice she would give to people who are worried about getting vaccinated, Ms Keenan said: "For the few seconds it takes, go and have the injection, it saves their lives and it saves their families' lives". |
| She said she felt "really good" after having the booster and urged people to "just go for it". | She said she felt "really good" after having the booster and urged people to "just go for it". |
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| "When you have it done you feel a different person… because you feel it's going to help you and help others," she said. | "When you have it done you feel a different person… because you feel it's going to help you and help others," she said. |
| Ms Parsons added it was "lovely" to see Ms Keenan again and "heart warming" to see her doing so well. | Ms Parsons added it was "lovely" to see Ms Keenan again and "heart warming" to see her doing so well. |
| Matron May Parsons, who gave Ms Keenan her first jab, received her booster at the same time | Matron May Parsons, who gave Ms Keenan her first jab, received her booster at the same time |
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