A woman from a village between Keighley and Skipton is preparing to possibly become the first woman in the world with her particular blood disorder to be vaccinated against Covid-19. Lynn Wild, 70, of Farnhill, said she received a call last week to say she was on stand-by for the jab even though it could cause bleeding and she would have to take a particular drug before and after. “I’ve spoken since to the Haemophilia Society and they say it looks like I’m the first woman with von Willebrand disease to get the vaccine. “A man in London with it received his jab the other day, but I am the first woman.
A FARNHILL woman is preparing to become the first woman in the world with her particular blood disorder to be vaccinated against Covid-19. Lynn Wild, 70, said she received a call last week to say she was on stand-by for the jab even though it could cause bleeding and she would have to take a particular drug before and after. “I’ve spoken since to the Haemophilia Society and they say it looks like I’m the first woman with Von Willebrand’s disease to get the vaccine. “A man in London with it received his jab the other day, but I am the first woman.