90-year-old woman becomes first person to receive Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in UK- A week after the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine was approved by the UK government, a nonagenarian, Margaret Keenan, has got her jab - The UK became the first country in the world to approve the vaccine and Keanan is the first person to be he administered the injection - According to the excited woman, it is the best early birthday present she could wish for PAY ATTENTION: Click “See First” under the “Following” tab to see Legit.ng News on your Facebook News Feed! The report by BBC says that Margaret Keenan, a 90-year-old woman, has become the first person to be given a COVID-19 jab as part of the mass vaccination programme being rolled out across the UK. Legit.ng gathered that Keenan, who will be 91 next week, said the vaccine was the best early birthday present for her. The report noted that she was given the injection at 06:31 GMT - the first of 800,000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine that would be given in the coming weeks. Read also Lovely couple announce they are going to be parents with this amazing photoshot, their pose stirs reactions from many The vaccine was administered on Keenan by Matron May Parsons at University Hospital in Coventry. Keenan said: According to the woman noted how she has been on her own for most of the year, she can now spend time with members of her family and also friends in the new year. Matt Hancock, the Health Secretary, told BBC Breakfast that this marks the way out, though there was a "long march ahead". He said he had felt "conflicted emotions, saying he was "thrilled and delighted" to see Margaret get her jab but was also "really determined that as a country we've got to stick together." The UK is the first country in the world to start using the Pfizer vaccine after regulators approved its use last week. Read also Health minister tests positive for COVID-19 weeks after getting vaccine trial dose, shares crucial message Some 800,000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine have been secured by the government to be administered in the coming weeks. Hancock said he expected it to take "several weeks" to get the first group of health workers, care staff and over-80s vaccinated. He added that he "very much" hoped a second vaccine, developed by the University of Oxford and drugs firm AstraZeneca, would be approved by UK regulators in the "next couple of weeks." PAY ATTENTION: Install our latest app for Android, read the best news on Nigeria’s #1 news app Meanwhile, Legit.ng had previously reported that Anil Vij, Haryana health minister, who was recently given a trial dose of corona vaccine, Covaxin, tested COVID-19 positive. It was reported that the 67-year-old minister shared the news on Twitter on Saturday, December 5, as he urged all those who had come in close contact with him to get themselves tested. Read also Massive reactions as newborn girl becomes the 'oldest baby' to ever be born by a 29-year-old woman from embryo frozen for 27 years (photos) Vij's announcement is coming barely two weeks after he took part as one of the volunteers in the third phase trial of Bharat Biotech's Covaxin. Coronavirus: Are Nigerians really afraid of COVID-19? New survey reveals more | - on Legit TV Source: Legit.ng - A week after the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine was approved by the UK government, a nonagenarian, Margaret Keenan, has got her jab - The UK became the first country in the world to approve the vaccine and Keanan is the first person to be he administered the injection - According to the excited woman, it is the best early birthday present she could wish for PAY ATTENTION: Legit.ng PAY ATTENTION: Legit.ng "I feel so privileged to be the first person vaccinated against Covid-19, it's the best early birthday present I could wish for ..."