UK Queen Elizabeth II urged residents of the country to be vaccinated against the coronavirus, adding that the vaccine injection, which she received in January, was completely painless, BBC reported.

During a videoconference with health officials, the queen was asked about her experience with getting the coronavirus vaccine.

Queen Elizabeth II, 94, and her husband, Prince Philip, who turns 100 this year, received their first dose of the vaccine in January.

According to her, it was a completely innocent procedure that went very quickly,

During the videoconference, she also compared the pandemic to the plague that swept the entire globe.

The Queen added that she shares the feelings of some people for whom getting a vaccine may not be the easiest procedure, but urged the British to think about others first, and not about themselves.