The British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, received this Friday the first dose of the vaccine against coronavirus developed by the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford.

Johnson, 56 years old, went to London’s St Thomas Hospital, the same one where in April last year he was admitted to intensive care for several days after catching the coronavirus.

“I have literally felt nothing”, He said Johnson to the media after leaving the medical center, at the end of a week in which the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has given the green light to continue vaccinated with the preparation of AstraZeneca when considering it “safe and effective”And despite the cases of thrombosis detected and that presumably could have been a reaction to the drug.

Questioned by possible fears among the population to suffer secondary effects, the prime minister replied: “Don’t just listen to me, listen to all the scientists and what the European Medicines Agency said yesterday “.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson reacts after receiving a dose of the vaccine from Oxford / AstraZeneca, in London, on March 19, 2021. (Frank Augstein / Pool / REUTERS). (POOL /)

“I strongly recommend to everyone that as soon as they receive the notification (from the health system) they go to get vaccinated”, He added.

Both the EMA as the British Medicines and Health Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) consider that the benefits of the vaccine outweigh the possible risks, although they continue to investigate whether there is a causal link between the preparation and some cases of stroke.

At UK The first dose of a vaccine (AstraZeneca or Pfizer) has already been administered to more than 26 million people, while some 2 million have also received the second mandatory injection.

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