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Boris Johnson, the British Prime Minister, received his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine from AstraZeneca on Friday. “My first dose of Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine arrived today. Thank you to all of the brilliant scientists, NHS staff, and volunteers who contributed to this achievement “He expressed himself on Twitter.
“The most important way for us to reclaim the lives we sorely miss is to get the vaccine. Let’s get this slap out of the way.” He said in a tweet.
Johnson was quoted by CNN as saying to reporters while encouraging people to take the vaccine: “I didn’t feel a thing; it was excellent and simple.It is difficult for me to recommend it highly enough.”
On Friday evening, Johnson was seen leaving London’s St Thomas’ Hospital’s Gassiot House Outpatient Centre after getting his first dose.
Johnson was diagnosed with COVID-19 last year and will seek treatment at St Thomas’ Hospital in April 2020.
Meanwhile, CNN announced that German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she would get the AstraZeneca vaccine and that the government’s slogan for fighting the coronavirus pandemic is “vaccinate, vaccinate, vaccinate.”
The news comes after a temporary pause in the delivery of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines in many European countries due to concerns regarding blood clot formation.