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All of the information from the trial sites will be reported back to the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) at the end of August or early September.
The information gathered will include data on side-effects and if a person’s third booster jab is different from what was used for their first two vaccines.
The JCVI will then use this data to guide the Government on whether people should be boosted with a third Covid vaccine dose and which jabs should be used.
‘Play a part in protecting the most vulnerable people in this country and around the world’
Covid vaccine centre near me: People as young as 34 can now book their Covid vaccination in Cambs
61 per cent of adults across the county have received their first dose
People as young as 34 can get a vaccine from today in England (Image: Steve Parsons/PA Wire)
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20 May 2021
Vaccine roll-out drive bolstered in Bedford, Burnley, Hounslow, Kirklees, Leicester and North Tyneside to protect the most vulnerable
In partnership with local authorities, additional testing and contact-tracing measures being deployed across these locations to isolate cases and break transmission chains
The government has outlined new decisive actions to halt the spread of the B1.617.2 variant of concern first identified in India.
Following extensive COVID-19 surveillance, which has rapidly detected cases of the B1.617.2 variant first identified in India, additional surge testing, tracing and isolation support measures are being deployed at pace across Bedford, Burnley, Hounslow, Kirklees, Leicester and North Tyneside.
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UK Government sets out new action to tackle B1.617.2 variant
Vaccine roll-out drive bolstered in Bedford, Burnley, Hounslow, Kirklees, Leicester and North Tyneside to protect the most vulnerable
In partnership with local authorities, additional testing and contact-tracing measures being deployed across these locations to isolate cases and break transmission chains
The government has outlined new decisive actions to halt the spread of the B1.617.2 variant of concern first identified in India.
Following extensive COVID-19 surveillance, which has rapidly detected cases of the B1.617.2 variant first identified in India, additional surge testing, tracing and isolation support measures are being deployed at pace across Bedford, Burnley, Hounslow, Kirklees, Leicester and North Tyneside.
The 18 NHS sites across the UK will be split into three groups, with each group testing a different set of vaccines.
All of the information will be fed to to the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) at the end of August or early September.
Emma Thomson, Professor in Infectious Diseases at Glasgow University Centre for Virus Research, and study lead in Glasgow, said: “This study marks the next step forward in our efforts to understand how to best protect the population and inform future vaccine booster programmes.
“It is the first in the world to provide data on the impact of a third dose and will study seven different vaccines, providing important recommendations for the future.”