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First Man in World to Receive Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine Publicly Dies of Unrelated Illness
The first man to get publicly vaccinated for COVID-19 in the world died of an unrelated illness about six months after receiving the jab, according to multiple reports.
William Shakespeare died of a stroke on May 20, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust told the BBC.
The 81-year-old man died at the same medical center in Coventry where he remained as a patient. He received both doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech jab in early December, shortly after 91-year-old Margaret Keenan, the first woman who got the shot.
His wife said in a tribute to her husband he was “so grateful” and “hugely proud” to being offered to become one of the first persons in the world to be given the vaccine.
Half of U.S. states have fully vaccinated at least 50% of adults, CDC says
Nelson Oliveira
May 24, 2021, 8:07 AM
Five months after a New York City nurse became the first person in America to get a coronavirus shot, at least 25 states are now reporting that more than half of their adult population has been fully vaccinated a major milestone in the fight against COVID-19.
Data published Sunday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that Washington, D.C. has also fully vaccinated at least 50% of people 18 or older and that Maine’s 62.9% rate of fully vaccinated adults is the highest in the country. Connecticut and Vermont are right behind Maine in the vaccination race, with 62.8% and 62.7%, respectively.