''If I can do it, so can you''.
A 90 year old Irish granny has become the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer Bio-N-tech Covid-19 vaccine.
Margaret Keenan, who's from Enniskillen, had the injection at University Hospital Coventry at around 6.30 this morning.
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Afterwards she said she felt 'good' - and has this message for anyone with doubts about whether to have the jab.
''I say go for it, go for it because it's free and it's the best thing that's ever happened at the moment so do, please go for it.
''If I can do it, so can you''.
Frontline workers and vulnerable groups.
Meanwhile, the Health Minister has confirmed frontline healthcare workers and vulnerable groups will be the first to get the Covid 19 vaccine when it’s approved here.
Stephen Donnelly is bringing a memo to Cabinet this morning on how the jab will be rolled out and who will be the first to get it.
Speaking on his way into the meeting, he said today is another good day in the fight against Covid:
''I can't get into the detail yet, but it does as you'd expect prioritise the most vulnerable and frontline workers and so we'll discuss that in some detail today, so it's another great step''.
