Dialysis patient ‘really proud’ to be first in UK to get Oxford Covid jab

Brian Pinker receives the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine from nurse Sam Foster at the Churchill Hospital in Oxford (Steve Parsons/PA)

An 82-year-old retired maintenance manager has become the first person in the world to receive the Oxford University and AstraZeneca vaccine outside clinical trials.

Dialysis patient Brian Pinker received the jab at 7.30am on Monday from nurse Sam Foster at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s Churchill Hospital.