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GPs have been told they need to monitor patients given Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine for side effects for at least 15 minutes after injection – in a move which could scupper Government plans to inoculate a million Brits a week by next year.
Britain’s medical watchdog issued the new advice to vaccination centres and doctors’ surgeries today after three people vaccinated on V-Day suffered allergic reactions to the jabs.
Practices were told last month a 15-minute observation period would not be necessary and that banning patients from driving within that time period would be sufficient.
The new rule is significant because logistical and regulatory problems in storing and distributing Pfizer s jab mean time is of the essence when it comes to the rolling the vaccine out en masse.
| UPDATED: 08:15, Wed, Dec 16, 2020
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The first of the 40 million Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines secured by the Government have been sent out to hospitals across the UK this month. Thousands of those at the top of the vaccination priority list are expected to receive the jab in the coming weeks. The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said last week there had been two reports of anaphylaxis and one report of a possible allergic reaction following the start of the rollout of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine.
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