AstraZeneca/Oxford coronavirus vaccine in England - Trevor Cowlett, 88-year-old, receives the AstraZeneca/Oxford coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine from nurse Sam Foster at the Churchill Hospital. National Health Service (NHS) ramps up its vaccination programme with 530,000 doses of the newly approved jab available for rollout across the UK. - Steve Parsons/PA Wire/dpa
A dialysis patient in Britain is the first person in the world to receive the AstraZeneca/Oxford coronavirus vaccine outside a clinical trial, as the country accelerates its inoculation efforts. Brian Pinker, 82, received the jab at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust in Oxford at 7:30 am (0730 GMT) on Monday, according to Britain's National Health Service. Pinker, who is from Oxford, said he was proud to be receiving the jab in his home city, which is 82 kilometres north of London. "I am so pleased to be getting the Covid-19 vaccine today and I'm really proud that it is one that was invente...
