Media mogul Rupert Murdoch, 89, has received his COVID-19 vaccination. The Fox Corp. chairman and News Corp executive chairman wasvaccinated at his local general practitioner surgery "after he received a call saying he was eligible," according to a statement provided by a News Corp representative on his behalf. "He has been isolating in the U.K.
since the summer, with his wife Jerry Hall Murdoch." Murdoch in the statement thanked theNational Health Service(NHS), the publicly-funded healthcare system in theUnited Kingdom. "I would like to thank the keyworkers and the NHS staff who have worked so hard throughout the pandemic, and the amazing scientists who have made this vaccine possible," he said.