Queen Elizabeth and her husband, Prince Philip, both in their 90s, have received vaccinations against COVID-19, Buckingham Palace said on Saturday. "The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh have today received COVID-19 vaccinations," the palace said in a statement. The Queen is 94 years old and Philip is 99, putting them in the priority category in Britain's coronavirus vaccine rollout. They joined some 1.5 million people who have received the first dose of the vaccine. On Dec. 8, Britain became the world's first country to begin a mass vaccination drive against the coronavirus.

Source: CBC News January 09, 2021 17:14 UTC