{"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":"<p><strong>A 90-year-old hospital volunteer became the first person in London to receive the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine as the NHS began the &#8220;biggest&#8221; vaccine campaign in its history.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/covid-19-vaccine-how-does-it-work-and-who-can-have-it\/\">-Covid-19 Vaccine: How does it work and who can have it?<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/uks-covid-19-r-number-falls-to-four-month-low\/\">&#8211;\u00a0UK\u2019s Covid-19 R number falls to four-month low<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/Inside UK universities\u2019 rapid covid testing sites\">&#8211;\u00a0Inside UK universities\u2019 rapid covid testing sites<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">George Dyer is making history as one of the first people in London to get the COVID-19 vaccine here at Croydon Health Services <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/teamcroydon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#teamcroydon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yp5uhv7tqr\">pic.twitter.com\/yp5uhv7tqr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Croydon Health Services NHS Trust (@croydonhealth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/croydonhealth\/status\/1336218797330534400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Vaccinations for the coronavirus are underway in all four nations of the UK as Britain became the first Western country to roll out a vaccination programme. Vaccines will be given at around 50 hospital hubs across England this week, with\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/who-will-be-the-first-in-line-to-get-the-coronavirus-vaccine\/\">over-80s and some health and care staff eligible in the first stage of the programme.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Everyone who receives the vaccine will also get a &#8220;booster jab&#8221; in 21 days to ensure they have the best chance of being protected against the virus.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/covid-news-live-latest-uk-updates-coronavirus-vaccine-will-begin-to-be-rolled-out-in-the-uk-tomorrow-12153928\">Dyer told Sky News:<\/a> &#8220;When they suggested that they&#8217;re going to vaccinate everyone I thought &#8216;ooh that&#8217;s a good idea.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have met some people that are utterly opposed to it and I can&#8217;t understand why. I feel very honoured actually to think I&#8217;ve had the vaccination and it&#8217;s not cost me any money.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Pfizer\/BioNTech vaccine, which offers up to 95% protection against Covid-19 illness, was <a href=\"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/uk-approves-covid-19-vaccine-mass-rollout-could-begin-next-week\/\">approved by the MHRA last week.<\/a> It must be stored at -70C before being thawed out and can only be moved four times within that cold chain before being used, causing a tough logistical challenge.<\/p>\n<p>The Oxford\/AstraZeneca vaccine, which the government has ordered 100 million doses of, is yet to be approved.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Meet Maggie: the first person in the world to receive a fully-tested and approved Covid-19 vaccine on the NHS. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eb2ijTMSLW\">pic.twitter.com\/eb2ijTMSLW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NHS England (@NHSEngland) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHSEngland\/status\/1336203871966912514?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.england.nhs.uk\/2020\/12\/landmark-moment-as-first-nhs-patient-receives-covid-19-vaccination\/\">In an NHS statement, Keenan said<\/a>: &#8220;I feel so privileged to be the first person vaccinated against Covid-19, it\u2019s the best early birthday present I could wish for because it means I can finally look forward to spending time with my family and friends in the New Year after being on my own for most of the year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t thank May and the NHS staff enough who have looked after me tremendously, and my advice to anyone offered the vaccine is to take it \u2013 if I can have it at 90 then you can have it too!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vaccination centres treating large numbers of patients in sporting venues and conference centres will become necessary when further supplies of vaccine come on stream.<\/p>\n<p>Voice of London has created a map of the seven NHS hubs carrying out vaccinations this week:<\/p>\n<p>[googlemaps https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1dyY4RMg8oOjKKXMjq31k3nKpkCIoafpP&amp;w=640&amp;h=480]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Words &amp; Map: Connor O&#8217;Halloran | Subbing: Bethan Adams<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 90-year-old hospital volunteer became the first person in London to receive the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine as the NHS began the &#8220;biggest&#8221; vaccine campaign in its history. George Dyer, from Croydon, became the first person&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":476,"featured_media":42807,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[93],"tags":[202,1551,3769,4843],"class_list":["post-42796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-vaccine","tag-coronavirus","tag-london","tag-pfizer"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.8 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A 90-year-old hospital volunteer became the first person in London to receive the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine as the NHS began the &quot;biggest&quot; vaccine campaign in its history. George Dyer, from Croydon, became the first person in the capital to receive the vaccine when he had a jab at Croydon Health Services NHS Trust on Tuesday morning.\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Voice of London\"\/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/covid-19-nhs-volunteer-90-first-person-to-receive-pfizer-vaccine-in-london\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.8\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Voice of London - News for young Londoners\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Covid-19: NHS volunteer, 90, first person to receive Pfizer vaccine in London - Voice of London\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A 90-year-old hospital volunteer became the first person in London to receive the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine as the NHS began the &quot;biggest&quot; vaccine campaign in its history. George Dyer, from Croydon, became the first person in the capital to receive the vaccine when he had a jab at Croydon Health Services NHS Trust on Tuesday morning.\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/covid-19-nhs-volunteer-90-first-person-to-receive-pfizer-vaccine-in-london\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-12-08T13:50:08+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-12-08T13:50:08+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Covid-19: NHS volunteer, 90, first person to receive Pfizer vaccine in London - Voice of London\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"A 90-year-old hospital volunteer became the first person in London to receive the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine as the NHS began the &quot;biggest&quot; vaccine campaign in its history. George Dyer, from Croydon, became the first person in the capital to receive the vaccine when he had a jab at Croydon Health Services NHS Trust on Tuesday morning.\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BlogPosting\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\\\/thevoiceoflondon\\\/covid-19-nhs-volunteer-90-first-person-to-receive-pfizer-vaccine-in-london\\\/#blogposting\",\"name\":\"Covid-19: NHS volunteer, 90, first person to receive Pfizer vaccine in London - Voice of London\",\"headline\":\"Covid-19: NHS volunteer, 90, first person to receive Pfizer vaccine in London\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\\\/thevoiceoflondon\\\/author\\\/editor1\\\/#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\\\/thevoiceoflondon\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\\\/thevoiceoflondon\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/64\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/Vaccine-stock-1-1.jpg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":300,\"caption\":\"The UK became the first country to roll out the Pfizer vaccine on Tuesday. Image via Creative Commons.\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-12-08T13:50:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-12-08T13:50:08+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\\\/thevoiceoflondon\\\/covid-19-nhs-volunteer-90-first-person-to-receive-pfizer-vaccine-in-london\\\/#webpage\"},\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\\\/thevoiceoflondon\\\/covid-19-nhs-volunteer-90-first-person-to-receive-pfizer-vaccine-in-london\\\/#webpage\"},\"articleSection\":\"News, #Vaccine, coronavirus, london, pfizer\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\\\/thevoiceoflondon\\\/covid-19-nhs-volunteer-90-first-person-to-receive-pfizer-vaccine-in-london\\\/#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\\\/thevoiceoflondon#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\\\/thevoiceoflondon\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\\\/thevoiceoflondon\\\/category\\\/news\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"News\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\\\/thevoiceoflondon\\\/category\\\/news\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\\\/thevoiceoflondon\\\/category\\\/news\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\\\/thevoiceoflondon\\\/covid-19-nhs-volunteer-90-first-person-to-receive-pfizer-vaccine-in-london\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Covid-19: NHS volunteer, 90, first person to receive Pfizer vaccine in London\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\\\/thevoiceoflondon#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\\\/thevoiceoflondon\\\/covid-19-nhs-volunteer-90-first-person-to-receive-pfizer-vaccine-in-london\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Covid-19: NHS volunteer, 90, first person to receive Pfizer vaccine in London\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\\\/thevoiceoflondon\\\/category\\\/news\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"News\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\\\/thevoiceoflondon\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Voice of London\",\"description\":\"News for young Londoners\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\\\/thevoiceoflondon\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\\\/thevoiceoflondon\\\/author\\\/editor1\\\/#author\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\\\/thevoiceoflondon\\\/author\\\/editor1\\\/\",\"name\":\"Voice of London\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\\\/thevoiceoflondon\\\/covid-19-nhs-volunteer-90-first-person-to-receive-pfizer-vaccine-in-london\\\/#authorImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/7b0504af0db5fce5a2f16c0c09907898f0a04c320fff93b4663da62ef812790a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"Voice of London\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\\\/thevoiceoflondon\\\/covid-19-nhs-volunteer-90-first-person-to-receive-pfizer-vaccine-in-london\\\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\\\/thevoiceoflondon\\\/covid-19-nhs-volunteer-90-first-person-to-receive-pfizer-vaccine-in-london\\\/\",\"name\":\"Covid-19: NHS volunteer, 90, first person to receive Pfizer vaccine in London - Voice of London\",\"description\":\"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. George Dyer, from Croydon, became the first person in the capital to receive the vaccine when he had a jab at Croydon Health Services NHS Trust on Tuesday morning.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\\\/thevoiceoflondon\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\\\/thevoiceoflondon\\\/covid-19-nhs-volunteer-90-first-person-to-receive-pfizer-vaccine-in-london\\\/#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\\\/thevoiceoflondon\\\/author\\\/editor1\\\/#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\\\/thevoiceoflondon\\\/author\\\/editor1\\\/#author\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\\\/thevoiceoflondon\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/64\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/Vaccine-stock-1-1.jpg\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\\\/thevoiceoflondon\\\/covid-19-nhs-volunteer-90-first-person-to-receive-pfizer-vaccine-in-london\\\/#mainImage\",\"width\":600,\"height\":300,\"caption\":\"The UK became the first country to roll out the Pfizer vaccine on Tuesday. Image via Creative Commons.\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\\\/thevoiceoflondon\\\/covid-19-nhs-volunteer-90-first-person-to-receive-pfizer-vaccine-in-london\\\/#mainImage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-12-08T13:50:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-12-08T13:50:08+00:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\\\/thevoiceoflondon\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\\\/thevoiceoflondon\\\/\",\"name\":\"Voice of London\",\"description\":\"News for young Londoners\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\\\/thevoiceoflondon\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"Covid-19: NHS volunteer, 90, first person to receive Pfizer vaccine in London - Voice of London","description":"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. George Dyer, from Croydon, became the first person in the capital to receive the vaccine when he had a jab at Croydon Health Services NHS Trust on Tuesday morning.","canonical_url":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/covid-19-nhs-volunteer-90-first-person-to-receive-pfizer-vaccine-in-london\/","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/covid-19-nhs-volunteer-90-first-person-to-receive-pfizer-vaccine-in-london\/#blogposting","name":"Covid-19: NHS volunteer, 90, first person to receive Pfizer vaccine in London - Voice of London","headline":"Covid-19: NHS volunteer, 90, first person to receive Pfizer vaccine in London","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/author\/editor1\/#author"},"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/#organization"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/12\/Vaccine-stock-1-1.jpg","width":600,"height":300,"caption":"The UK became the first country to roll out the Pfizer vaccine on Tuesday. Image via Creative Commons."},"datePublished":"2020-12-08T13:50:08+00:00","dateModified":"2020-12-08T13:50:08+00:00","inLanguage":"en-GB","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/covid-19-nhs-volunteer-90-first-person-to-receive-pfizer-vaccine-in-london\/#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/covid-19-nhs-volunteer-90-first-person-to-receive-pfizer-vaccine-in-london\/#webpage"},"articleSection":"News, #Vaccine, coronavirus, london, pfizer"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/covid-19-nhs-volunteer-90-first-person-to-receive-pfizer-vaccine-in-london\/#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/category\/news\/#listItem","name":"News"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/category\/news\/#listItem","position":2,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/category\/news\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/covid-19-nhs-volunteer-90-first-person-to-receive-pfizer-vaccine-in-london\/#listItem","name":"Covid-19: NHS volunteer, 90, first person to receive Pfizer vaccine in London"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/covid-19-nhs-volunteer-90-first-person-to-receive-pfizer-vaccine-in-london\/#listItem","position":3,"name":"Covid-19: NHS volunteer, 90, first person to receive Pfizer vaccine in London","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/category\/news\/#listItem","name":"News"}}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/#organization","name":"Voice of London","description":"News for young Londoners","url":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/author\/editor1\/#author","url":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/author\/editor1\/","name":"Voice of London","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/covid-19-nhs-volunteer-90-first-person-to-receive-pfizer-vaccine-in-london\/#authorImage","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7b0504af0db5fce5a2f16c0c09907898f0a04c320fff93b4663da62ef812790a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"Voice of London"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/covid-19-nhs-volunteer-90-first-person-to-receive-pfizer-vaccine-in-london\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/covid-19-nhs-volunteer-90-first-person-to-receive-pfizer-vaccine-in-london\/","name":"Covid-19: NHS volunteer, 90, first person to receive Pfizer vaccine in London - Voice of London","description":"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. George Dyer, from Croydon, became the first person in the capital to receive the vaccine when he had a jab at Croydon Health Services NHS Trust on Tuesday morning.","inLanguage":"en-GB","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/covid-19-nhs-volunteer-90-first-person-to-receive-pfizer-vaccine-in-london\/#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/author\/editor1\/#author"},"creator":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/author\/editor1\/#author"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/12\/Vaccine-stock-1-1.jpg","@id":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/covid-19-nhs-volunteer-90-first-person-to-receive-pfizer-vaccine-in-london\/#mainImage","width":600,"height":300,"caption":"The UK became the first country to roll out the Pfizer vaccine on Tuesday. Image via Creative Commons."},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/covid-19-nhs-volunteer-90-first-person-to-receive-pfizer-vaccine-in-london\/#mainImage"},"datePublished":"2020-12-08T13:50:08+00:00","dateModified":"2020-12-08T13:50:08+00:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/","name":"Voice of London","description":"News for young Londoners","inLanguage":"en-GB","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"en_GB","og:site_name":"Voice of London - News for young Londoners","og:type":"article","og:title":"Covid-19: NHS volunteer, 90, first person to receive Pfizer vaccine in London - Voice of London","og:description":"A 90-year-old hospital volunteer became the first person in London to receive the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine as the NHS began the &quot;biggest&quot; vaccine campaign in its history. George Dyer, from Croydon, became the first person in the capital to receive the vaccine when he had a jab at Croydon Health Services NHS Trust on Tuesday morning.","og:url":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/covid-19-nhs-volunteer-90-first-person-to-receive-pfizer-vaccine-in-london\/","article:published_time":"2020-12-08T13:50:08+00:00","article:modified_time":"2020-12-08T13:50:08+00:00","twitter:card":"summary_large_image","twitter:title":"Covid-19: NHS volunteer, 90, first person to receive Pfizer vaccine in London - Voice of London","twitter:description":"A 90-year-old hospital volunteer became the first person in London to receive the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine as the NHS began the &quot;biggest&quot; vaccine campaign in its history. George Dyer, from Croydon, became the first person in the capital to receive the vaccine when he had a jab at Croydon Health Services NHS Trust on Tuesday morning."},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"42796","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"BlogPosting","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":null,"schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"local_seo":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"ai":null,"created":"2021-10-11 10:28:27","updated":"2025-07-10 13:00:54","seo_analyzer_scan_date":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/category\/news\/\" title=\"News\">News<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tCovid-19: NHS volunteer, 90, first person to receive Pfizer vaccine in London\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon"},{"label":"News","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/category\/news\/"},{"label":"Covid-19: NHS volunteer, 90, first person to receive Pfizer vaccine in London","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/covid-19-nhs-volunteer-90-first-person-to-receive-pfizer-vaccine-in-london\/"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/476"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42796\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}