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IN Britain will become the first country in the world to use the innovative vaccine from Pfizer and the German company Biontech against the coronavirus.
The first doses will be injected on Tuesday, prioritizing people over 80, front-line health workers, and nursing home residents and staff.
The Pfizer / Biontech vaccine is given in two doses three weeks apart. The vaccine is based on an innovative approach that injects part of the genetic code of the virus and thus prepares the immune system of the vaccinated to fight the coronavirus. Clinical trials in the United States, Germany, Brazil, Argentina, South Africa, and Turkey show 90% protection against coronavirus 7 days after the second injection. At this time it is unknown how long the immunity will last.
The UK has ordered a total of 40 million doses of the vaccine. That’s enough to vaccinate 20 million people in the country of 67 million.
About 800,000 doses are expected to be available during the first week.
The first doses of the vaccine have already arrived from Belgium and have been stored in various places in the country for quality control, the Health Ministry said. Britain’s vaccination campaign coincides with a critical moment in its negotiations with the EU on a post-Brexit trade deal. The transition period expires on December 31, and when Britain leaves the EU without a deal, there will be serious disruptions in the movement of goods between it and EU countries like Belgium. The Observer reported today that tens of millions of doses of vaccines would be delivered to Britain by military aircraft if necessary to avoid possible delays at ports.
The Pfizer and Biontech vaccine must be stored at a temperature of minus 70 degrees, and in a common refrigerator its shelf life is only five days. Therefore, the vaccine will initially be administered in 50 hospitals and, as of December 14, general practitioners will place it in more than 1,000 vaccination centers across the country.
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, 94, and her husband, Philip, 99, said they would say when they get vaccinated.
Demonstrations against vaccination were organized in some cities of the country; see in the video.
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