UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock held back tears on Good Morning Britain this morning hearing the words of the first man in the UK to receive the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine.
Mr Hancock said he was emotional because it had been 'a tough year' but that we weren't out of the woods yet, despite the hard work gone into getting the vaccine ready.
Switching from 81-year-old William Shakespeare in Warwickshire who'd just had the jab, Piers Morgan turns to the MP and realised the politician is quite teary.
Piers said: "You're quite emotional about that."
Hancock stuttered: "It's been such a tough year for so many people and there's William Shakespeare putting it so simply. We've got to get on with our lives. There's still a few months to go. I've still got this worry. We can't blow it now, Piers."
Hancock continued that people should still be following the rules to avoid the spread of coronavirus.
"We've still got to get the vaccine to millions of people and we've just go to keep sticking to the rules," he added. "There's so much work gfone into this and it makes you proud to be British."
Earlier this morning grandmother Margaret Keenan, 90, received the jab at about 6.45am in Coventry, marking the start of an historic mass vaccination programme.
Jabs of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine will be administered at dozens of hospital hubs across the country from Tuesday – dubbed “V-Day” by the Health Secretary.
