Duchess of Cambridge shares photo of getting first shot of coronavirus vaccine

Posting the picture on twitter from the Kensington Palace handle, the wife of Prince William said that she got her vaccine at the Science Museum in London. "Yesterday I received my first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at London's Science Museum. I'm hugely grateful to everyone who is playing a part in the rollout - thank you for everything you are doing," she posted.

The picture comes a few days after Prince William posted a picture of himself getting the first shot. Kate, considered a fashion icon in the UK, can be seen dressed casually in a jeans and off-white top, wearing a simple mask. 

The Duke received the shot nearly an year after getting the coronavirus infection, which although kept secret at the time, left him reportedly hit “pretty hard”. It has been said that aty one stage the Prince, second in line to the British throne, struggled to breathe although he kept on carrying out his duties via video conferencing and calls. 

In the UK people above 30 are now eligible for the vaccine, with nearly half of that segment of the population now vaccinated. People under the age of 39 and pregnant women are being offered the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. New vaccines, developed by French firm Sanofi and Glaxo-Kline Smith, will also be rolled out within weeks, the Health Ministry has confirmed. 

After some regions registered an increase in cases because of the Indian variant of the novel coronavirus, vaccination in England has been speeded up. The country has ordered 60 million doses of the vaccine to add to its arsenal of AstraZenaca, Pfizer and Moderna.