World ‘V-Day’: A year after COVID-19 pandemic began in China, UK is first in West to start vaccinations December 8, 2020December 8, 2020Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAYComments Off on ‘V-Day’: A year after COVID-19 pandemic began in China, UK is first in West to start vaccinations Margaret Keenan, who turns 91 next week, is the first person in the U.K. to get Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine, "the best early birthday present."