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LONDON, March 19 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris
Johnson received his first dose of the AstraZeneca
COVID-19 vaccine on Friday and urged the public to do the same,
saying "he did not feel a thing."
Johnson, 56, was admitted to an intensive care unit last
year and given oxygen via a tube in his nose after he contracted
the virus and fell seriously ill. He later said he was so sick
that plans were drawn up on how to announce his death.
"I literally did not feel a thing. It was very good, very
quick," Johnson said after receiving the jab at St Thomas'
Hospital in London.
"I cannot recommend it too highly, everybody when you do get
your notification to go for a jab, please go and get it, it is
the best thing for you, best thing for your family and for
everyone else."
(Reporting by Andrew MacAskill; Editing by Kate Holton)
