The UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock has “become emotional” after watching the first man in the UK receive the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine.
Mr Hancock appeared to break down in tears during an interview on Good Morning Britain this morning.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock becomes emotional hearing the words of the first man in the world to receive the vaccine, William Shakespeare.
He tearily says ‘it makes you so proud to be British’.@piersmorgan| @susannareid100
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81-year-old William Shakespeare became the second member of the public to receive the Pfizer vaccine this morning.
Viewers swiftly questioned whether Mr Hancock’s display of emotion at the occasion was genuine – with some accusing the Conservative Party politician of crying crocodile tears.
“It has been such tough year for so many people and there is William Shakespeare putting it so simply for everybody that, you know, we can get on with our lives,” said Mr Hancock.
“There are still a few months to go. I still have this worry that, we can’t blow it now. We have still got to get the vaccine to millions of people and we have got to keep sticking by the rules.
“But there has been so much work gone into this and it just makes you so proud to be British.”
81-year-old William Shakespeare receives the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at University Hospital, Coventry, 08-12-2020. Image: Jacob King/PA Wire/PA ImagesMr Shakespeare became the second member of the public to get the vaccine after Irishwoman Margaret Keenan became the first.
The 90-year-old from Enniskillen has lived in Coventry for 60 years and received the jab at University Hospital Coventry.
She said it was “a privilege” to be the first and expressed hope she could spend time with her family and friends in the New Year “after being on my own for most of the year.”
“My advice to anyone offered the vaccine is to take it,” she said. “If I can have it at 90 then you can have it too.”
She said the vaccine is “the best thing that has ever happened at the moment.”
