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'A New Beginning': Relief, Hope as UK Begins Mass COVID Vaccinations

Henry Ridgwell

   LONDON - Scientists and doctors say the mass coronavirus vaccination
   campaign that started in Britain this week represents a major milestone
   in the fight against COVID-19, although big challenges remain in
   producing and distributing enough vaccines to end the global pandemic.
   Britain was the first country in the world to start coronavirus
   vaccinations after regulators approved the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine last
   week.
   Filipino nurse Leo Quijano, who works at the Royal Sussex County
   Hospital in the southern city of Brighton, received the vaccine
   Wednesday. She told VOA she has full confidence in it.
   "I feel more confident and safe, because I've been COVID positive
   before and I was admitted in the hospital. There are thorough studies
   and research before the vaccine comes out. So, I feel positive about
   it," Quijano said.
   Colleague Ashley Lecheminint works in the hospital's catering
   department and also received the vaccine Wednesday. "We're going to
   defeat this coronavirus now," Lecheminint said. "It's going to be like
   a new beginning."

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