Ricky Gervais, 59, shares a photo on Twitter while getting the Covid-19 vaccine

Ricky Gervais confirmed he received the Covid-19 vaccine on Thursday when he shared a photo with a needle in his arm on Twitter.

The comedian, 59, frowned when he got the shot, but didn’t indicate what type of vaccine he’d been given.

He wore a black ensemble and face mask for the photo he captioned: ‘Take that, you COVID ****!’

The star was wearing an all-black ensemble and face mask when he received the vaccine – the latest in a string of stars poked this week.

Meanwhile, 58-year-old Phillip Schofield, presenter of This Morning, said he was “ painlessly stabbed in the air ” when he shared a photo Tuesday of receiving the Covid-19 Oxford / AstraZeneca vaccine.

Co-presenter Lorraine Kelly, 61, received an Oxford / AstraZeneca injection on Sunday and took to Twitter to share the milestone moment.

McMafia star James Norton, 35, who has type 1 diabetes, said he was ‘happy and relieved’ to have received the Oxford / AstraZeneca vaccine.

The recommended dose for Oxford / AstraZeneca is two doses administered 8 to 12 weeks apart.

The makers of the three vaccines, AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Moderna, which the MHRA has so far approved for use, have all said they are trying to modify their injections this year to cope with variants of the coronavirus.

AstraZeneca, the maker of the Oxford vaccine, said it hopes the new vaccine will be ready by the fall.

MHRA CEO Dr. June Raine said there is no evidence that current vaccines are ineffective against known coronavirus variants.

She said: ‘Since December last year, we have all been concerned about the release of variants – Kent, South Africa, more recently Brazil – and so we are well prepared to look for updates when needed to ensure that the vaccines are good. used on civilians are fully effective.

‘Our goal is to ensure that the vaccine modifications that respond to the new variants are available in the shortest possible time in the future, but without compromising in any way on safety, quality and effectiveness.

‘What I would like to emphasize at the outset is that we currently have no evidence that the vaccines used in the UK are significantly lacking in effectiveness, but we are now well prepared.’

The urge to vaccinate in Britain is gaining momentum, with Matt Hancock revealing on Friday that two in five adults have now been vaccinated as deaths are ‘getting faster’.

About 21.3 million people have received their first dose, and the historic rollout means the number of deaths has fallen 41 percent in a week.

The health secretary said, “You can really see the effects of the vaccine in the number of deaths.

That link from cases to hospitalizations and then deaths that were unbreakable before the vaccine is now breaking.

“The vaccine protects the NHS and saves lives all over the country.”

Friday’s positive numbers sparked new speculation about lifting the lockdown and whether the roadmap could be accelerated.

Ministers have repeatedly insisted that the timetable should not be speeded up, but with positive figures every week, the pressure is mounting to end restrictions more quickly.

More than a million people have now received both doses of Covid-19 vaccine, meaning 2 percent of adults in the UK have been fully vaccinated.