This is a problem . across the country : Health officials hope to speed up COVID-19 vaccine administration at nursing homes Karen Weintraub and Tony Leys, USA TODAY
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Nursing homes have been slow to roll out COVID-19 vaccines, but federal, pharmacy and nursing home officials said they are on track to finish the job before the end of the month.
But Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said those figures underestimate actual vaccinations, because there is a lag between the time shots are given and when they are recorded.
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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.