First COVID-19 vaccinations begin in UK hospitals

A 90-year-old woman has become the first person given a COVID-19 vaccine as part of the UK’s mass vaccination programme.

Margaret Keenan was given the injection at 06:31 this morning at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust.

Keenan turns 91 next week and the BBC said she described receiving the shot as “the best early birthday present”.