A British grandmother has become the first person to receive fighters coronavirus vaccine outside of clinical trials and with it her home.

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K is now the first country in the Western world to start mass vaccinations for the public theater.

Margaret Keenan, a 90 year old grandmother, received it early Tuesday morning at a hospital in central England, just a week before her 91st birthday.

Known by her friend, says Maggie.

She's a retired jewelry shop assistant, A mother of two and a grandmother of four.

Britain has been the hardest hit by the pandemic in Europe, with over 61,000 dead, and its government is dubbing the vaccine roll out as V Day priority is being given to people over 80 care, home workers and health workers.

Although ultra cold storage and logistics will limit this vaccines mass use, Keenan story may feel hope in the fight against a pandemic that has crushed economies and killed more than 1.5 million people worldwide.

She's told media.