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The UK has decided to slow the rollout for a second dose of the coronavirus vaccines in order to give more people the first dose of the vaccine. However, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases chief warned he did not favour the move and said the US will keep implementing their original vaccination plan.
Department of Health and Social Care
Statement from the UK Chief Medical Officers on the prioritisation of first doses of COVID-19 vaccines
Joint clinical advice from the 4 UK Chief Medical Officers on the prioritisation of first doses of the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines.
It is excellent news that the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has today authorised the AstraZeneca (Oxford) vaccine for deployment across the UK.
The MHRA authorisation includes conditions that the AstraZeneca (Oxford) vaccine should be administered in 2 doses, with the second dose given between 4 and 12 weeks after the first. The MHRA has also clarified that for the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, the interval between doses must be at least 3 weeks. For both vaccines, data provided to MHRA demonstrate that while efficacy is optimised when a second dose is administered, both offer considerable protection after a single dose, at least in the short term. For both vaccines the second do