Covid-19 Live Updates: Britain Begins Vaccinating Citizens

Covid-19 Live Updates: Britain Begins Vaccinating Citizens

Britain has become the first nation to begin a mass inoculation campaign using a fully tested vaccine, kicking off a global effort to fight Covid-19. Doctors, nurses, certain people aged 80 or over and nursing home workers will be among the first to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.

Britain’s National Health Service delivered its first shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine on Tuesday, opening a mass vaccination campaign with little precedent in modern medicine and making Britons the first people in the world to receive a clinically authorized, fully tested vaccine.

At 6:31 a.m. Tuesday, Margaret Keenan, 90, a former jewelry shop assistant, rolled up the sleeve of her “Merry Christmas” T-shirt to receive the first shot, and her image quickly became an emblem of the remarkable race to produce a vaccine and the global effort to end a pandemic that has killed 1.5 million people worldwide.

“I feel so privileged to be the first person vaccinated against Covid-19,” said Ms. Keenan, who lives in Coventry, in central England. “It means I can finally look forward to spending time with my family and friends in the new year after being on my own for most of the year.”

British regulators leapt ahead of their American counterparts last week to authorize a coronavirus vaccine, upsetting the White House and setting off a spirited debate about whether Britain had moved too hastily, or if the United States was wasting valuable time as the virus was killing about 1,500 Americans a day.

Covid-19 jonli yangilanishlari: Buyuk Britaniya fuqarolarni emlashni boshlaydi

Buyuk Britaniya Covid-19ga qarshi kurash bo'yicha global harakatni boshlab, to'liq sinovdan o'tgan vaktsinadan foydalangan holda ommaviy emlash kampaniyasini boshlagan birinchi davlat bo'ldi. Shifokorlar, hamshiralar, 80 yoshdan katta yoshdagi odamlar va qariyalar uyi ishchilari birinchilardan bo'lib Pfizer-BioNTech vaktsinasini oladi.

Buyuk Britaniyaning Milliy sog'liqni saqlash xizmati seshanba kuni Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaktsinasining birinchi kadrlarini etkazib berdi, zamonaviy tibbiyotda juda kam namunaga ega bo'lgan ommaviy emlash kampaniyasini ochdi va Britaniyaliklar dunyodagi klinik vakolatli, to'liq sinovdan o'tgan vaktsinani olgan birinchi odamga aylandi.

Seshanba kuni soat 6:31 da, zargarlik do'konining sobiq yordamchisi, 90 yoshli Margaret Kinan o'zining birinchi rasmini olish uchun o'zining "Merry Christmas" futbolkasining yengini ag'dardi va uning surati tezda ishlab chiqarish uchun ajoyib poyga ramzi bo'ldi. vaksina va dunyo bo'ylab 1,5 million odamni o'ldirgan pandemiyani tugatish bo'yicha global harakatlar.

"Men Covid-19ga qarshi emlangan birinchi odam bo'lish uchun o'zimni juda katta sharaf deb bilaman", - deydi Angliya markazidagi Koventri shahrida yashovchi Kinan xonim. "Bu shuni anglatadiki, men o'zimning oilam va do'stlarim bilan yangi yilda ko'p vaqtni o'tkazishni orzu qilganimdan keyin kutishim mumkin".

Britaniyalik regulyatorlar o'tgan hafta amerikalik hamkasblaridan oldinda yurib, koronavirusga qarshi emlashga ruxsat berdilar, Oq uyni bezovta qildilar va Angliya juda shoshilinch harakat qildimi yoki Qo'shma Shtatlar qimmatli vaqtni sarf qilyaptimi, chunki virus 1500 ga yaqin odamni o'ldirmoqda Amerikaliklar kuniga.