Simona HALEP (ROU) is seen during her press conference during Day 5 of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Friday, February 12, 2021. MANDATORY PHOTO CREDIT Tennis Australia/ VINCE CALIGIURI
Simona Halep has become one of the first players to get the Covid-19 vaccine.
Halep, 29, received the jab at the Cantacuzino Institute in Bucharest yesterday.
“I wanted to get vaccinated. I came with an open mind and I’m fine,” she said.
“I was vaccinated with Pfizer. I’m fine, I haven’t had any side effects now. It’s for everyone’s sake and that’s why I decided to get vaccinated.”
Halep contracted Covid-19 in October last year.
Vaccine co-ordinator Valeriu Gheorghita gave Halep a bouquet of white roses and purple flowers after she’d had her shot.
“I wanted to thank her for everything she’s done for our country; she’s an important ambassador of Romania worldwide,” and I appreciate her for publicly saying she’d like to get inoculated,” he said.
“It’s important for everyone who gets the vaccine, just by doing it, can persuade other people to get shots…. So we can reach our goal of 70% of people vaccinated.”
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