CORONAVIRUS: Historic moment as first patient in Lincolnshire is given vaccination

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust staff started their COVID-19 vaccination with Janet Judson the first patient in the county to be vaccinated.

She said afterwards she was so grateful to have been asked to have it – and described health carers as ‘heroes’.

Janet, of Lincoln, was given the vaccination at Lincoln County Hospital.

ULHT Chief Executive, Andrew Morgan, said: “This is a really important day for the NHS.

“It is the start of the biggest roll-out of a vaccination programme that this country has ever seen and I think it is a turning point in our collective fight against the pandemic.

“We are absolutely delighted that our first patients, our first care home staff and our first members of the NHS family are being vaccinated today.

“This is clearly a marathon and not a sprint, but we do have to start somewhere and I am delighted that United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the first sites to begin the vaccination programme in the country.”

No details have yet been released about whether Boston’s Pilgrim Hospital will be used for vaccinations at some point.