Shakespeare received the Pfizer vaccine in December at University Hospital Coventry.
William Shakespeare was the first man to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in December 2020. His death at the age of 81, from causes unrelated to coronavirus, was announced today, confirmed by a Coventry councilwoman and friend of the famous playwright's namesake. Shakespeare received the Pfizer vaccine in December at University Hospital Coventry, and a few days later, Margaret Keenan, 91, the first woman to be immunized with the vaccine, was vaccinated. All of this happened in England, as reported by The Sun newspaper.
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Shakespeare shared more than just a name with the most important writer in the English language; both were originally from Warwickshire, a county in the heart of England. "Bill will be remembered for many things, including his love of mischief," said Innes, who disconnected his death from the vaccination. When he was vaccinated, Bill, as his friends called him, was happy in front of the cameras on that big day: "It could make a difference to our lives from now on. It’s the start of changing our lives and our lifestyle," he said the day he received the vaccine. At the time, he mentioned that he had been confined with his wife throughout the lockdown due to fear of contagion. England's vaccination plan progresses. Since the immunization of Keenan and Shakespeare, Boris Johnson's government has made good progress with the vaccination of its population and has been implementing post-lockdown relaxations for several weeks. However, in some cities where the more contagious Indian variant has been detected, alerts are still in place.
The British Government advised the public not to travel, unless essential, to those areas of England. The recommendation, made by the Ministry of Health, affects the areas of Kirklees, Bedford, Burnley, Leicester, North Tyneside, as well as Bolton (near Manchester) and Hounslow (west of London).
Authorities, who increased vaccinations in these areas, asked the public to avoid indoor gatherings to contain the spread of the Indian variant. Data in England According to the latest official data, 2,439 new cases of COVID-19 and three more deaths were registered in the United Kingdom, while more than 38 million people - 72.3% of the adult population - have already received the first dose of the vaccine, and more than 22 million have received the second - 43.5% of the adult population.
