First patient to receive COVID-19 vaccine gets second shot

Margaret Keenan, the first person outside of trial to receive Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine, received her second dose on Tuesday, making her the first patient to be fully immunized against the coronavirus.

Sky News reports that Keenan received her second dose at Coventry's University Hospital, three weeks after her first dose was administered on Dec. 8.

Upon receiving her first dose of the vaccine earlier in December, Keenan told reporters that it was a “privilege” and “the best early birthday present I could wish for."

"We were delighted to welcome Margaret Keenan back to Coventry's University Hospital today to safely receive the second dose of the vaccination, after she became the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 following its clinical approval,” said Andy Hardy, chief executive of University Hospital Coventry.