Ian McKellen, among the first in England to receive the Covid vaccine

First, or nearly so, among the British to be given the Covid vaccine was Ian McKellen. “I feel very lucky to have received the treatment, and I would have no hesitation in recommending it to others,” the British actor tweeted Thursday night, part, over the years, of The Lord of the Rings and of X-Men. “I know I wouldn’t be alive if it weren’t for the National Health Service. I am a little older than the National Health Service, but when I was a child, knowing that I would get the care I needed was a wonderful thought, ”explained the actor, calling the vaccine“ a friend ”.

McKellen, who was given the vaccine at Queen Mary University in London, was described in a press release as part of the “eligible groups” to receive the vaccine first. In England, where Boris Johnson has called for a new total lockdown, the first to be vaccinated must be health workers, people who care for the sick and disabled at home and the elderly, the latter category to which McKellen belongs, 81 years old in May.

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