April 29, 2021
The United Kingdom has secured an extra 60 million Pfizer coronavirus vaccine doses with an aim to roll them out as part of a booster campaign in the autumn. Courtesy file photo
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LONDON The United Kingdom has secured an extra 60 million Pfizer coronavirus vaccine doses with an aim to roll them out as part of a booster campaign in the autumn, the UK government said on Wednesday in a press release.
“To protect the most vulnerable ahead of the winter, the government is preparing for a booster program based on a clinical need to ensure people have the strongest possible protection against COVID-19,” the government statement read.
(Ben Birchall/PA/ Pixabay) LOCKDOWN AND CORONAVIRUS RESTRICTIONS have changed many aspects of our lives and many people are eager to hug their family and friends once again. Scientific advisors have given an estimated time frame of when people may be able to hug their loved ones- and it might be as early as June. This is thanks to a new study which suggests a single jab can cut virus transmission by up to half. Dr Mike Tildesley, from the University of Warwick and a member of the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling (Spi-M) group, suggested the decision on whether social distancing would be needed going into the summer months could be a political one.
(Ben Birchall/PA/ Pixabay) LOCKDOWN AND CORONAVIRUS RESTRICTIONS have changed many aspects of our lives and many people are eager to hug their family and friends once again. Scientific advisors have given an estimated time frame of when people may be able to hug their loved ones- and it might be as early as June. This is thanks to a new study which suggests a single jab can cut virus transmission by up to half. Dr Mike Tildesley, from the University of Warwick and a member of the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling (Spi-M) group, suggested the decision on whether social distancing would be needed going into the summer months could be a political one.
To protect the most vulnerable ahead of the Winter, the government is preparing for a booster programme based on the clinical need to ensure people have the strongest possible protection against Covid-19.
The additional Pfizer/BioNTech jabs will be used alongside other approved Covid-19 vaccines for the booster programme.
This comes as new data from Public Health England show that one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine reduces household transmission of the virus by up to half.
Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock said, “Our vaccination programme is bringing back our freedom, but the biggest risk to that progress is the risk posed by a new variant.
(Ben Birchall/PA/ Pixabay) LOCKDOWN AND CORONAVIRUS RESTRICTIONS have changed many aspects of our lives and many people are eager to hug their family and friends once again. Scientific advisors have given an estimated time frame of when people may be able to hug their loved ones- and it might be as early as June. This is thanks to a new study which suggests a single jab can cut virus transmission by up to half. Dr Mike Tildesley, from the University of Warwick and a member of the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling (Spi-M) group, suggested the decision on whether social distancing would be needed going into the summer months could be a political one.