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A government scientific advisor says four weeks is too soon between some Covid jabs.
This comes as people have been sharing tips online of some locations giving out second doses after just a month.
Walk-in vaccination centres opened up across England last weekend.
According to Public Health England, Pfizer jabs can safely be administered after just 21 days.
But government scientific advisor Professor Anthony Harnden says for others, the sweet spot is eight weeks and any earlier means you won t be protected for as long.
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There is no benefit to reducing the interval between first and second dose of Covid-19 vaccine, an expert has said.
At the moment, people are recommended to get their second Covid-19 jab between eight and 12 weeks after the first.
As infections rise, vaccination experts assessed whether or not there could be benefit from bringing the second dose forward to four weeks.
But experts concluded that there is no short- or long-term gain by shortening the interval.
Meanwhile, Professor Anthony Harnden, deputy chair of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), said that it would be “brilliant” if the England football squad backed an advertising campaign encouraging young people to take up their vaccine.
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