A 90-year-old grandmother has become the first person in the UK to receive a coronavirus vaccine outside a clinical trial.

Margaret Keenan, who lives in Coventry but is originally from Northern Ireland, was given the Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine at Coventry University Hospital today as part of the UK’s vaccination program.

“It’s the best early birthday present I could wish for because it means I can finally look forward to spending time with my family and friends in the New Year after being on my own for most of the year,” Keenan said.

The second patient to receive it was fittingly a man named William Shakespeare, from Warwickshire.

A year after a mysterious new respiratory disease emerged in Wuhan, China, upending patterns of life and work, the United Kingdom on Tuesday became the first western country to start vaccinating its population against a virus that has killed more than 1.5 million people worldwide and sickened tens of millions more. 

Around 50 hospitals in the U.K.’s state-run National Health Service (NHS) started administering the inoculation to people over 80 who are either hospitalized or have outpatient appointments scheduled, along with nursing home workers.

Others will have to wait their turn.

The UK became the first Western nation to approve the vaccine last week.