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Margaret Keenan was applauded by staff as she returned to her ward after receiving the first Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine.
The vial used to vaccinate her is "making its way to the Science Museum in London," said Coventry's University Hospital chief executive Andy Hardy.
"That is a historic vial."
Jubilation for first Covid-19 vaccine recipiant
The start of the Covid-19 vaccination programme has received widespread coverage in the local media:
Phil Mackie
Midlands correspondent, BBC News
The number of people getting the Covid vaccine at University Hospital, Coventry, is expected to rise to nearly 400 every day, hospital bosses say.
Having given 90-year-old Margaret Keenan the first UK jab today, staff expect to do 100 injections in total on Tuesday, but increase the daily number in the future.
Image source, PA MediaWe've told you now about three people who've received the vaccine in Coventry this morning - 90-year-old Margaret Keenan, who was first to get the jab in the UK; Betty Miller, also 90; and 81-year-old William Shakespeare (yes, really).
But care home workers and NHS staff are also expected to receive the Covid-19 vaccine at University Hospital today, along with care home residents and other people aged over 80.
Image source, PA MediaChief executive of the hospital, Andy Hardy, said he had been working with local councils to co-ordinate bringing all staff to the site "over the next few weeks".
About 100 people will receive the vaccine there today.
BBC Radio CWR
Betty Miller was third in line at University Hospital, Coventry, where the vaccinations started today.
She said her family would be "thrilled to ribbons" to find out.
Image source, PA MediaThe 90-year-old told BBC Radio CWR it was "very, very easy and you don't feel it".
Mrs Miller said she had been told not to tell anyone beforehand.
"My family will be thrilled to ribbons when they find out. I wasn't allowed to say before. When I go home I'll go straight onto my iPad and tell the family."
The second patient to receive the vaccine in Coventry earlier has grabbed the attention of social media - and that's no surprise, given he's called William Shakespeare.
Image source, ReutersThe 81-year-old had the injection at University Hospital, just 20 miles from Stratford-upon-Avon, birthplace of his namesake.
We were reasonably pleased with "go ply thy needle" in our update of 07:56, but we've been totally outdone by Twitter users whose brains were more sprightly at that time of the morning.
They came up with "The Taming of the Flu" - brilliant! - and "The Two Gentlemen of Corona".
And someone asked whether Margaret Keenan, the first person in the UK to be vaccinated, was patient 1A, which in turn prompted the question whether Mr Shakespeare was "Patient 2B or not 2B?"
As for the man himself, he said he was pleased to be given the jab, adding: "I need to say, the staff at this hospital are wonderful."
Covid-19: How does the new Pfizer vaccine work?
The Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine is the first one in the UK to be approved for mass use, with people receiving injections from today.
England's deputy chief medical officer says the first wave of vaccinations could prevent up to 99% of Covid-19 hospital admissions and deaths.
But rolling it out isn't straightforward because of the unique way it needs to be stored.
BBC health correspondent Laura Foster explains some of the logistics around it.
People across the country are being given the new Covid-19 jab, hot on the heels of patient one - 90-year-old Margaret Keenan in Coventry.
She received the first of 800,000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine that will be given in the coming weeks.
Image source, ReutersThe UK is the first country in the world to start using the Pfizer vaccine after regulators approved its use last week.
Hubs in the UK are vaccinating the over-80s and some health and care staff, with the programme initially aiming to protect the most vulnerable in the bid to return life to normal.
Patients across the West Midlands are set to receive the coronavirus vaccine today.
Image source, EPAThe first jab was administered at University Hospital, Coventry, about two hours ago, but other hubs in the region are following suit and include Royal Stoke Hospital, Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and Walsall Manor Hospital.
The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, the first to be approved by the MHRA medicines regulator, needs to be stored at -70C and the hospitals have the facilities to ensure that.
Click here to find out which sections of society will be the first to receive the vaccine - and when you become eligible.
Here's more reaction to the history made in the West Midlands earlier.
The chief of University Hospital, Coventry, has described the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccination programme as an "amazing day for the world".
Margaret Keenan, 90, was the first person in the UK to receive the Pfizer/BionTech jab. It happened at the hospital about two hours ago.
Image source, PA MediaMargaret Keenan - in the spotlight, and future pub quiz question
Andy Hardy said he was "so, so proud", and added: "I was very privileged to have a chat with Margaret - she's very well, she's very proud and happy and I think slightly overwhelmed by all the attention.
"She's just really happy, she wanted to do this, and really keen for people to have the jab and so wanted to lead by example."
NHS England's medical director said watching a patient receive the first Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine in Coventry earlier had been "really, really emotional".
The recipient was 90-year-old Margaret Keenan, known to friends and family as Maggie.
Speaking from outside University Hospital in the city, Stephen Powis told BBC Breakfast: "I can't tell you just how much emotion there was in that vaccination centre.
"This is a truly historic day; a turning point in this pandemic; another world first for the NHS. The start of the largest vaccination programme in our history."
The health secretary, Matt Hancock, said he felt "really emotional" seeing Margaret Keenan receive the first Covid vaccination.
It happened at University Hospital, Coventry, earlier this morning.
Mr Hancock said it looked such a small thing but it was such an important step in the efforts against the pandemic.
He said: "This marks the route out. We still have a long march ahead of us but this marks the route out."
But he added people should not assume Covid-19 was now beaten and that they could ignore restrictions.
"The overall programme to vaccinate all those who are vulnerable to Covid will take several months and so we have got to stick at it."
The second person to get the new Covid vaccine at University Hospital, Coventry, is called... wait for it... William Shakespeare. And like his namesake playwright, the patient is from Warwickshire.
It was not a dagger he saw before him, though - just a tiny needle that's been helping make history this morning.
The BBC's health editor, Hugh Pym, tweeted this image earlier., external
Coronavirus: First Pfizer vaccine given to 90-year-old woman
This was the moment that Margaret Keenan became the first person to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine outside trial conditions.
Applause broke out after she received the first dose at University Hospital in Coventry about an hour ago.
The nurse who gave the first Covid-19 vaccine in the UK said it was a "huge honour".
Image source, PA MediaMay Parsons administered the jab to Margaret Keenan at about 06:45 at University Hospital, Coventry.
She said: "It's a huge honour to be the first person in the country to deliver a Covid-19 jab to a patient, I'm just glad that I'm able to play a part in this historic day.
"The last few months have been tough for all of us working in the NHS, but now it feels like there is light at the end of the tunnel."
The first person today to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine in the UK - outside of trial conditions - was Margaret Keenan.
It happened at University Hospital in Coventry at 06:30, and she said the jab was the "best early birthday present I could wish for".
Image source, PA MediaThe 90-year-old, originally from Enniskillen in Northern Ireland, has lived in Coventry for 60 years. She worked in a local jewellery shop until she was 86, and turns 91 next week.
She said: "I feel so privileged to be the first person vaccinated against Covid-19.
"It means I can finally look forward to spending time with my family and friends in the new year after being on my own for most of the year."
A 90-year-old woman has become the first person in the UK to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against Covid-19, outside trial conditions.
And here she is...
Margaret Keenan had the injection from nurse May Parsons at University Hospital in Coventry at 06:30.
A Covid-19 vaccine is being given to people across the UK from today.
Frontline health staff, those over 80, and care home workers will be the first to get the jab at designated hospitals hubs.
Image source, Science Photo LibrarySeveral sites across the West Midlands are among the 50 in England and include Coventry, Stoke-on-Trent, Shrewsbury and Walsall.
BBC News has more here on when you will be eligible for the Covid vaccine.
Allen Cook
BBC News
Welcome to our live service for Tuesday, covering the Covid-19 vaccination roll-out in the West Midlands.
It's been a long road to this point. We'll be bringing you the background on just what is being delivered to local people, who is eligible, and where in the region they are receiving it.
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