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France should receive its first deliveries of Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine this week, the head of the medical regulator said on Monday.
France, where the government has come under fire for being too slow with its vaccine rollout, has a strong anti-vaccination movement. It started its inoculation campaign at the end of December, as did many other European countries.
The UK has become the first country to administer the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. NHS England tweeted on Monday that Brian Pinker, an 82-year-old dialysis patient, has become the first person to be given the jab, at Oxford University hospital. The dose was administered by chief nurse Sam Foster.
“I am so pleased to be getting the Covid vaccine today and really proud that it is one that was invented in Oxford,” Pinker, a retired maintenance manager who has been having dialysis for kidney disease, said.
‘I’m so pleased to be getting the COVID vaccine today and really proud it is one that was invented in Oxford.’
82-year-old Brian Pinker became the first person in the world to receive the new Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine this morning at @OUHospitals. pic.twitter.com/nhnd3Sx97m
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