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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Liam Buckler

Hero nurse who administered first Covid jab in UK walks behind Queen's coffin

An NHS nurse who administered the first-ever Covid jab in the UK walked behind the Queen's coffin during the funeral procession.

May Parsons injected the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine into 90-year-old grandmother Maggie Keenan on December 8, 2020, at Coventry Hospital.

The nurse is the modern matron for respiratory services at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire Trust.

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