Britons still back the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine - as 75 per cent tell pollsters they consider it to be safe.
Officials have launched a campaign to maintain confidence in jabs after medical regulators advised that under-30s should be offered an alternative to the Oxford inoculation amid blood clot fears.
And, as the Health Secretary looked to dispel concern by insisting that spotting rare side effects shows the safety system is working, a poll revealed that 75 per cent of Britons think the vaccine is safe to use.
While the results by YouGov show a drop of two percentage points since March, it ranks close to opinions of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine which 78 per cent dubbed safe, The Times reports.
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April 8, 2021 1:23 PM Erin Robinson
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Jacob King
A nurse prepares the first dose from a vial of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to be administered in Britain at the West Wales General Hospital in Carmarthen, Wales, Wednesday April 7, 2021. The Moderna vaccine is the third vaccine to be approved for use in the UK, which is to be given to patients in Wales from Wednesday, and the UK has so far ordered 17 million doses of the Moderna jab.
SPOKANE, Wash. Students and faculty from the Washington State University College of Nursing have helped administer more than 15,000 vaccine doses in the Spokane area.
First doses of UK s third coronavirus vaccine given
The Moderna jab will be used alongside the ones from Pfizer and AstraZeneca
Author: Dan GoodingPublished 7th Apr 2021
Last updated 7th Apr 2021
A third coronavirus vaccine is being rolled out in the UK, as investigations continue into a potential association between the Oxford/AstraZeneca jab and a rare form of blood clot.
People in Wales will receive the first doses of the Moderna vaccine on Wednesday.
The UK has bought 17 million doses of that vaccine â enough for 8.5 million people.
Jabs will be given out at West Wales General Hospital in Carmarthen in what has been hailed as âanother key milestoneâ in the fight against coronavirus.
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Elle Taylor, 24, an unpaid carer from Ammanford, receives an injection of the Moderna vaccine administered by nurse Laura French, at the West Wales General Hospital in Carmarthen (Image: Jacob King/PA Wire)
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