An 82-year-old retired maintenance manager has become the first person in theworld to receive the Oxford University and AstraZeneca vaccine outsideclinical trials.
Dialysis patient Brian Pinker received the jab at 7.30am onMonday from nurse Sam Foster at Oxford University Hospitals NHS FoundationTrust’s Churchill Hospital.
Mr Pinker, who has been having dialysis for kidneydisease at the hospital for a number of years, was pleased to be gettingprotection against coronavirus.
He said the jab will give him peace of mind ashe continues to receive treatment, and he is now looking forward tocelebrating his 48th wedding anniversary in February.
“I am so pleased to begetting the Covid vaccine today and really proud that it is one that wasinvented in Oxford,” Mr Pinker said.
“The nurses, doctors and staff today haveall been brilliant and I can now really look forward to celebrating my 48thwedding anniversary with my wife Shirley later this year.”
