Covid ‘booster’ trial will give third vaccine dose to UK volunteers Linda Geddes Science correspondent © Thomson Reuters Eve Westwell, 29, receives a dose of Pfizer vaccine against COVID-19 at a vaccination centre in Pharmacy 4 U, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Blackburn, Britain, May 19, 2021. REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff
Thousands of volunteers will be injected with a third dose of Covid-19 vaccine as part of a trial to investigate which ones could be used as “booster” doses to protect against new variants and prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed by a potential fresh wave of infections this winter.
The Cov-Boost trial – the first in the world to provide vital data on the impact of a third dose on patients’ immune responses – will study the effect of giving an additional dose of one of seven different vaccines to 2,886 UK participants, on top of the two doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech or Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines they
Third dose of Covid jab to be trialled in UK
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SCHOOLS are safe to reopen and do not spread Covid, an NHS expert says.
That verdict comes after kids in classrooms were declared not to be the second wave’s “major driver” by Northern Ireland’s Public Health Association.
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NHS expert Prof Saul Faust, who led the UK trials of one vaccine, believes it is safe for schools to open as they are not a virus spreaderCredit: Getty Images - Getty
Prof Saul Faust, who led the UK trials of one vaccine, believes it will be safe to open school gates.
He said: “Increasingly, we think transmission reflects the local society and environment around the school.
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A multi-million pound vaccine programme is being rolled out at a fast rate across the UK with over ten million people having already been immunised. We focus on how jabs are being distributed and the many people working together to ensure everyone receives the vital vaccine.
After becoming the world’s first country to approve a vaccine for use, the UK Government has bought jabs on behalf of all the UK, distributing them around England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. The government has invested over £300 million in securing and scaling up the UK’s manufacturing capabilities to be able to respond to this pandemic.