Coronavirus: British PM Boris Johnson gets first dose of AstraZeneca vaccine
- The prime minister urged the public to do the same, saying he ‘did not feel a thing’
- European countries resumed using the AstraZeneca shot after regulators said its benefits outweighed any risks, following recent reports of blood clots
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson received his first dose of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine on Friday and urged the public to do the same, saying “he did not feel a thing”.
Johnson, 56, received his vaccine at the same hospital where almost a year ago he was put in an intensive care unit and given oxygen via a tube in his nose after he contracted the virus and fell seriously ill. He later said he was so sick that plans were drawn up on how to announce his death.
“I literally did not feel a thing. It was very good, very quick,” Johnson said after receiving the injection at St Thomas’ Hospital in London.
“I cannot recommend it too highly, everybody when you do get your notification to go for a jab, please go and get it, it is the best thing for you, best thing for your family and for everyone else.”
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Pictures showed the prime minister wearing a black mask, a shirt and tie with his sleeve rolled up while a nurse gave him the vaccine.