COVID-19: First patient in the world is given a COVID-19 vaccine

Grandmother-of-four Margaret Keenan, who is 90-years-old, has become the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech jab as part of a vaccination programme

It marks a massive leap forward in the fight against coronavirus.

The jab was given by nurse May Parsons at Coventry's University Hospital at 6.31am.

Fifty hospitals will administer the jab from early on Tuesday.

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