Celebrity chef Prue Leith, best known as one of the judges on The Great British Bake Off, has received the COVID-19 vaccine.
She announced the news in a tweet, in which she posted a photo of herself getting the shot and took a subtle jab at anti-vaxxers:
She announced the news in a tweet, in which she posted a photo of herself getting the shot and took a subtle jab at anti-vaxxers:
Leith, whose replies are now full of anti-vaxxers, is 80 and so qualifies as one of the first people to receive the vaccine in the United Kingdom (where it is being given to front-line health workers, nursing home workers and seniors over 80). Vaccinations began just over a week ago, on December 8. Leith is among 137,897 people in the UK who have gotten the vaccine.
Despite not having the vaccine until now, Leith managed to participate in a new season of The Great British Bake Off this past summer, when all of the contestants isolated in a Bake Off bubble.