COVID: Dialysis Patient, 82, First to Get Oxford-AstraZeneca Vaccine

Dialysis patient Brian Pinker, 82, has become the first person to receive the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine. The retired maintenance manager got the jab at 7:30 GMT from nurse Sam Foster at Oxford's Churchill Hospital, reports the BBC.

Based on the same source, more than half a million doses of the vaccine are ready for use on Monday.

"Health Secretary Matt Hancock said it was a "pivotal moment" in the UK's fight against the virus, as vaccines will help curb infections and then allow restrictions to be lifted.

"But Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said regional restrictions in England are "probably about to get tougher" as the UK struggles to control a new, fast-spreading variant of the virus.

"On Sunday more than 50,000 new confirmed Covid cases were recorded in the UK for the sixth day running, prompting the Labor party to call for a third national lockdown in England," reads the article.

It further points out that Northern Ireland and Wales currently have their own lockdowns in place, while Scottish cabinet ministers will meet later to consider further measures.

By Ana Dumbadze 

Source: The BBC