IT WAS a big day for the Big Yin after he was given his first Covid jag. 

His wife Pamela Stephenson shared a pictured of Sir Billy Connolly with a plaster over his tattooed left arm following the procedure at a Florida medical facility.

The Greatest Glaswegian was clad in a vest and tartan pants as he took a moment after receiving the vaccine.

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She wrote on Twitter: "Thank God... Billy had his first Covid-19 vaccine today!"

The couple now live in the Florida Keys as the Big Yin battles Parkinson’s Disease.

He has now retired from stand-up and spends his days fishing, painting and penning his book. 

The former shipyard worker, who grew up in Anderston, announced his retirement after 50 years in showbusiness. 

Speaking from his home in Florida for an ITV documentary, Sir Billy explained his decision to give up performing.

The 78-year-old said: “I have done my stand-up, I did it for 50 years, I did it quite well and it is time to stop.

“My illness, my Parkinson’s disease, has rendered me different. It would either mean renewing what I do and doing something else, or give up what I did and that’s what I’ve done.

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“Why do I like to make people laugh? Because it is a jolly thing, it is good for you and it is good for them.

“It is a dynamite thing to be able to do, to get a laugh out of someone.”

He added: “Since the Parkinson’s I’m still the same in many ways, but I don’t think as sharply as I need to to be a stand-up.

“I’ve done 50 years and that’s plenty. Quitting is the right thing to do.”