{"id":42796,"date":"2020-12-08T13:50:08","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T13:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=42796"},"modified":"2020-12-08T13:50:08","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T13:50:08","slug":"covid-19-nhs-volunteer-90-first-person-to-receive-pfizer-vaccine-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/covid-19-nhs-volunteer-90-first-person-to-receive-pfizer-vaccine-in-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19: NHS volunteer, 90, first person to receive Pfizer vaccine in London"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 90-year-old hospital volunteer became the first person in London to receive the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine as the NHS began the “biggest” vaccine campaign in its history.<\/strong><\/p>\n

George Dyer, from Croydon, became the first person in the capital to receive the vaccine when he had a jab at\u00a0Croydon Health Services NHS Trust on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n

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Elsewhere, a UK grandmother Margaret Keenan, 90, from Coventry, was the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine as part of a programme just minutes earlier.<\/p>\n

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George Dyer is making history as one of the first people in London to get the COVID-19 vaccine here at Croydon Health Services #teamcroydon<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/yp5uhv7tqr<\/a><\/p>\n

— Croydon Health Services NHS Trust (@croydonhealth) December 8, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n