Northern Ireland WW2 Blitz survivor relieved after receiving Oxford jab

A pensioner who survived the Second World War Blitz expressed relief after receiving the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine. Picture: Liam McBurney/PA

A pensioner who survived the Second World War Blitz expressed relief after receiving the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine.

Everyone aged over 80 will be inoculated in Northern Ireland (NI) within a few short weeks, health officials said, in a “step change” in the race against time to deliver immunity.