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Hospitals start receiving doses of Oxford/AZ vaccine
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January 3, 2021
LONDON: Batches of the newly approved coronavirus vaccine from Oxford University and AstraZeneca have started arriving at hospitals ahead of the jab’s rollout.
Some 530,000 doses of the vaccine will be available for rollout across the UK from Monday, with vulnerable groups already identified as the priority for immunisation. One of the first hospitals to take delivery of a batch on Saturday morning was the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath, part of Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust.
Dr George Findlay, chief medical officer and deputy chief executive at the trust, said the vaccination programme gives NHS staff “more confidence” coming into work. As it can be kept at normal fridge temperature, he said this vaccine is “much easier” to administer when compared with the jab from Pfizer and BioNTech, which needs cold storage of around minus 70C.
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First Oxford Covid vaccine doses arrive at UK hospitals with 530,000 jabs to be rolled out from Monday
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Updated: 2 Jan 2021, 17:39
THE first Oxford University/AstraZeneca vaccine doses have been delivered to hospitals across the UK today.
Some 530,000 doses of the vaccine will be available for rollout across the UK from Monday, with vulnerable groups to be given the jab first.
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Assistant Technical Officer Lukasz Najdrowski unpacks doses of the Oxford University/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine as they arrive at the Princess Royal Hospital in West SussexCredit: PA:Press Association
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Some 530,000 doses of the vaccine will be available for rollout across the UK from MondayCredit: PA:Press Association
Batches of the newly approved coronavirus vaccine from Oxford University and AstraZeneca have started arriving at hospitals ahead of the jab's rollout on Monday.