Buckingham Palace Queen Elizabeth in a video call issued Thursday.
Queen Elizabeth smiles at her vaccination experience.
In her first public appearance since her husband, Prince Philip, was admitted to hospital nine days ago, the queen (94) spoke in a video call issued on Thursday with the British colloquial language ‘the jab’ to refer after vaccination COVID-19.
“It was very fast and I had a lot of letters from people who were amazed at how easy it was to get the vaccine,” she said in the WebEx call with health leaders from the four countries that make up the UK. And the jab – it did not hurt at all. ‘
Buckingham Palace Queen Elizabeth talks to British health leaders during a video call.
The queen received her first vaccination injection with her husband Philip (99) in January. Philip was admitted to King Edward VII Hospital in London last week and is still in custody for several days, the palace said earlier this week, adding that he was suffering from an ‘infection’.
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The Queen spoke to the four Senior Responsible Officers (SROs) overseeing the delivery of the vaccine in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to hear about the collaborative effort that has led to more than 18 million people across the UK their first dose a vaccine.
Dr Emily Lawson, who is leading the effort on behalf of the National Health Service (NHS) England, told the Queen how healthcare workers, government officials, volunteers and the military have worked together in all four countries to deliver the vaccine to every community. in the UK
The head of the Welsh program, deputy chief medical officer, dr. Gillian Richardson, explained how a variety of health professionals, including dentists and pharmacists, work to deliver the vaccine in every corner of the country.
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip
About 1.5 million Scots have now been vaccinated, reports Derek Grieve, head of the Scottish Government’s vaccinations division. The challenge is to ensure that those living in remote areas are not excluded. Grieve told the Queen how cold storage in remote Shetland, Orkney and the Western Isles was secured for the vaccines.
“If I could bottle this community spirit and use it not only for the vaccination program, but for other things as well, the work would be done,” Grieve added.
Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Northern Ireland, dr. Naresh Chada, told how teams worked to deliver the vaccine to the most vulnerable, and residents of all 483 care homes now vaccinated against the virus.
The call of the queen was the last in the effort the royal family made to show solidarity with the inenters and the volunteers who assisted the deployment. Prince William had earlier visited the vaccination center near his country in King’s Lynn, Norfolk.
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Last week, Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, met volunteers who were conducting clinical trials for the COVID-19 vaccinations at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.
And Camilla also volunteered at a vaccination center in Wembley, North London, this week.
On Thursday, Sophie, the Countess of Wessex, undertook her first shift as a St. John Ambulance Care volunteer at an NHS vaccination center. She joined a budding team of more than 10,000 volunteers trained and deployed to NHS vaccination centers across the country, as part of the extraordinary collective effort.