NHS England is issuing the below statement at the request of, and on behalf of, the family of Margaret Keenan.
Margaret was the first person in the world to receive the Covid-19 vaccine on Tuesday, December 8, at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust.
Her family would like to thank wellwishers for their support and request that Margaret’s privacy is respected from now on.
Photographs of Margaret leaving hospital after discharge will be made available at an appropriate time.
The family of Margaret Keenan said:
“We are tremendously proud of our mum and granny for stepping forward to receive the first COVID vaccine.
“The interest and well wishes we have received today as a family have been overwhelming. We would like to thank May Parsons and the whole team at the hospital for the care they have provided in recent days and of course to everyone involved in developing the lifesaving jab that our mum and granny was given this morning.”
