ADVICE to ministers that giving a second Covid-19 jab should not be a priority is “grossly unfair” to the patients who are in greatest danger from the virus, GP leaders have warned.
As the approval of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine was announced on Wednesday, experts advising the government, including the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), said that the focus should be on maximising the number of at-risk people who receive a first dose of either vaccine, rather than providing the required two doses in as short a time as possible.
This now means that, for both vaccines, the second dose will be administered within 12 weeks of the first.
Doctors criticize UK health officials for changing Pfizer Covid vaccine plan CNBC 12/31/2020 Noah Higgins-Dunn
Doctors in the U.K. are pushing back on the decision to delay administering the second dose of Pfizer s vaccine later than the three week period studied in clinical trials.
The U.K. on Wednesday said it would prioritize giving as many people their first dose of vaccine as quickly as possible, which could delay providing second dose beyond what s recommended.
U.K. health officials said the decision would ensure that more at-risk people are able to get meaningful protection from a vaccine in the coming weeks and months.
Red tape blamed for only 5,000 of the 40,000 retired NHS workers who volunteered to return to fight Covid being given jobs
GP Claire Barker said she did not have the required 21 forms to work despite owning her practice for 30 years
Dr Brian Cooper, 73, one of 47,000 retired medics to sign up to the NHS s call for volunteers in April
They were supposed to be deployed to hospitals to get normal care up and running during Covid crisis
But Dr Cooper claims he was left in lurch for seven months then asked to do contact tracing work
The UK is "back in the eye of the storm" following the discovery of the new more transmissible strain of the coronavirus which has resulted in a resurgence of new cases, as well record breaking hospitalisations, the National Health .
UK back in the eye of the storm due to Covid-19 resurgence daijiworld.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from daijiworld.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.