6 Jan 2021
The UK government has said it wants to give a single dose of Covid vaccine to as many members of priority groups as possible.
While everyone should get a second dose within 12 weeks, this is a lot longer than the gap of three weeks between doses that was originally planned.
The World Health Organization’s expert scientific advisors have said they do not recommend that other countries follow the British approach – but the WHO also says it understands why the UK has chosen to go down this road.
There are big differences of opinion among experts around the world about whether the British approach is the right one. Here’s what we know about the UK’s vaccination strategy.
By JAMES PATON, EMILY ASHTON AND JILL WARD | Bloomberg | Published: January 6, 2021
Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See other free reports here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here. Please support our journalism with a subscription. If the British government s goal throughout the coronavirus pandemic has been to protect the health service, the next few weeks will be the biggest challenge yet. After overtaking Italy again as the country with Europe s highest death toll, the U.K. is at the epicenter of the continent s struggle to contain COVID-19. Daily infections are at a record-one in 50 people in England now have the disease-while Prime Minister Boris Johnson this week shut schools and ordered the population to stay at home.
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Explained | Out of control new strain of coronavirus in UK
Explained | Out of control new strain of coronavirus in UK
The UK has identified a fast-moving new variant of the coronavirus that is more than 70% more transmissible than existing strains. The new strain of coronavirus is now out of control , authorities have said. Here s a summary of what leading experts have to say on the mutation reported in the country.
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Experts said UK’s ‘more infectious’ Covid-19 strain spreads faster. (Image for representation: AP)
Scientists, studying the widely reported mutation in the novel coronavirus, believe that there are still too many unknowns as far as the effects of the mutation are concerned. The new lineage, code-named as B.1.1.7 has been
Scientists in UK working out if vaccine prevents new Covid strain
The results could be known within days
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