Agenda: Help us learn more about Covid vaccines
A healthcare worker fills a syringe with a dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine at Pentlands Medical Centre in Edinburgh, Scotland, as the government continues to ramp up the vaccination programme against Covid-19.
By Dr Amy Rogers
VACCINES are a crucial part of the efforts to combat Covid-19 disease. Since the start of the pandemic, scientists worldwide have worked extremely hard, building on many years of experience and knowledge, to develop new vaccines.
All vaccines approved for use in the UK have been rigorously evaluated during development. However, making sure that new vaccines are effective and safe does not stop there. While the UK undertakes a vaccination programme of unprecedented scale, efforts are ongoing to ensure that the new vaccines maximally benefit the population with minimal risk of harm to individuals.