A pensioner survived Covid-19 despite being given an hour to live by medics. Michael Delaney, from Co Offaly, Ireland, was in hospital for seven weeks with the virus last year and at one point his family was told to prepare for the worst now.
But after a miracle survival, the 78-year-old was among the first 47 residents at his care centre to get the Pfizer vaccine this week.
Thursday marked the beginning of the rollout of the vaccine to multiple nursing homes across Ireland. Mr Delaney collapsed outside his home and was rushed to hospital last March, right at the start of the pandemic. "I spent seven weeks in hospital and there was five weeks I don't remember anything at all," he said. "They (the hospital) rang the family and said I had an