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Faced with surging pandemic and new, more transmissible coronavirus variants, some countries are hoping to broaden immunisation by giving some protection to as many people as possible with a first dose, and delaying second doses.
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Mixing or switching between COVID-19 vaccines is largely driven by the same aim - vaccinating as many people as possible as the pandemic still rages.
LONDON/CHICAGO: Britain and other nations are considering ways to stretch scarce supplies of COVID-19 vaccines, including by delaying second doses, reducing dose sizes and switching vaccine types between the first and second shots.
The proposals have generated fierce debate among scientists. The following is the rationale behind, and criticism of, these alternative strategies:
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