The First AstraZeneca Vaccine Recipient Is an 82-Year-Old Grandfather
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[Asia Economy Reporter Hyun-ui Cho] The first recipient of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine jointly developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca was an elderly man native to Oxford.
According to BBC on the 4th (local time), Brian Pinker (82), a kidney disease dialysis patient, received the AstraZeneca vaccine at Oxford University Hospital that morning.
Mr. Pinker, as the first person to receive the AstraZeneca vaccine, expressed that he was "very pleased."
Born and raised in Oxford, southern England, he said, "I am very proud that the vaccine was developed in Oxford," and added, "I can look forward to celebrating the 48th wedding anniversary with my wife Shirley this year."
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Sam Foster, Chief Nursing Officer at Oxford University Hospital who administered the vaccine to Mr. Pinker, said, "It is a great honor to be able to administer the first Oxford vaccine here, just a few hundred meters from where the vaccine was developed."
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