Vaccine Rollout Continues In GPs Surgeries Across The UK
Health by Nathan Vass in New York 9th Jan 2021 7:29 AM
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Subscriber only The Pfizer/BioNTech COVID vaccine will protect against the two new mutant variants of the virus spreading across the UK and other parts of the world, research has revealed. Experts carried out lab tests on the strains and found that the vaccine had levels of antibodies that worked against the variants. Â The variants have caused the virus to spread rapidly across the UK, resulting in a third national lockdown that officials claim will last until mid-February. Emerging in Kent, the variant is understood to be up to 74 per cent more infectious than the strain that was dominant last year.
Gov. Whitmer, Coalition of Governors Urge Federal Government to Release More COVID-19 Vaccines
January 7, 2021
Governor Gretchen Whitmer joined seven other governors on Thursday in writing a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and Operation Warp Speed Chief Operating Officer General Gustave Perna, urging the federal government to release more doses of the COVID-19 vaccines.
“Our states are ready to work around the clock to ramp up distribution, get more shots in arms, and save more American lives,” the governors said in a letter. “General Perna, as you have stated before, ‘a vaccine sitting on a shelf is not effective.’ We couldn’t agree with you more. That’s why we are asking for your help now. When we work together, we can end this pandemic and return to a life of normalcy sooner. Our finest medical researchers have made it crystal clear: if we fail, there will be even more dire consequences for our families, our small businesses, and our econom
Biden wants immediate release of available COVID-19 vaccine doses, in departure from current approach
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How US can ramp up COVID-19 vaccine distribution
Dr. Jen Ashton presented her plan for speeding up the vaccination process.Michael Clevenger/Pool via Reuters
This would be a departure from the Operation Warp Speed plan to hold back enough to make sure everyone who gets a first vaccination gets a second dose in the FDA s recommended time frame.
A transition spokesperson said Biden wants to accelerate distribution of the vaccine, but some experts say sending more doses all at once would not solve the problems that have led to a delay between when doses are shipped and when people receive them.
The U.S. government will pay Pfizer Inc nearly $2 billion for 100 million additional doses of its COVID-19 vaccine to bolster its supply as the country grapples with a nationwide spike in infections.
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FILE PHOTO: U.S. President-elect Joe Biden delivers remarks on the U.S. response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., December 29, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden will aim to release more available doses of coronavirus vaccine when he takes office, a departure from Trump administration strategy of holding back a supply to make sure second doses are available, a spokesman said on Friday.
“The President-elect believes we must accelerate distribution of the vaccine while continuing to ensure the Americans who need it most get it as soon as possible,” TJ Ducklo, a spokesman for Biden’s transition, told Reuters.