Fermanagh grandmother who had world’s first Covid jab receives booster shot

Fermanagh grandmother who had world’s first Covid jab receives booster shot

Margaret Keenan receives her booster shot from Julie Baines. Picture: Jacob King/PA

A 91-year-old grandmother from Co Fermanagh who became the first person in the world to have a Covid-19 vaccine has urged people to have their booster jab, after receiving her shot.

Margaret Keenan returned to University Hospital Coventry, in the West Midlands in England – where she had the historic injection in December 2020 – to get her booster on Friday.

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