A 91-year-old grandmother from Fermanagh who became the first person in the world to have a Covid-19 vaccine has urged people to have their booster jab, after receiving her shot.

Margaret Keenan, a Belcoo native who is currently living in Coventry, returned to University Hospital Coventry, in the West Midlands – where she had the historic injection in December 2020 – to get her booster on Friday.

Afterwards, she told reporters “I feel great”, urging the public to “go for it”.

It comes as the NHS revealed more than 350,000 people have booked a booster this week, as the latest stage of the fight against Covid-19 gets under way.

More than 1.5 million eligible people have so far been invited to book their booster vaccine.

Mrs. Keenan, a mother-of-two and grandmother-of-four, was reunited with hospital matron May Parsons – also having her booster jab, as a frontline health worker – with the pair sharing a big hug.

Ms. Parsons was the medic who administered Mrs. Keenan’s jab on December 8 last year, with Mrs. Keenan referring to them both jokingly as “Maggie-May” after they rolled up their sleeves.

As the first person anywhere in the world to have a Covid jab at the start of the mass vaccination programme, the face of Mrs. Keenan – known as Maggie – was beamed around the globe.

In April 2021, she urged people to get their second jabs and she is now lending her voice to the NHS campaign supporting the booster rollout.

The 91-year-old, who only retired from her job working in a jeweller’s five years ago, said: “I think, for the few seconds it takes, (they should) go and have the injection because it’s saving their lives; their family’s lives, and saving the NHS.

“I keep saying this all the time, do go and get your vaccination.”

Mrs. Keenan, who has lived in Coventry for more than 60 years but is originally from Belcoo, Co. Fermanagh, added: “I don’t really know what stops people from having it… there’s nothing to be frightened of.

“It’s protected me in the mind, as well, you know.

“I feel quite confident now, going out, places I wouldn’t have thought about before.

“I felt a bit, not scared, but feel so happy now that I’ve got this done and can be free, if you like.

“I’m happier that I’ve had the jab, I would have probably gone out but I wouldn’t be very happy about it.”

Asked what her message to the public would be, she said: “I’d say go for it, go and have it done, and you’ll feel much better for it – I think that anyway.

“When you walk down the street, you feel a different person, you feel so happy because you feel it’s going to help you and help others.”