No one gets two doses of the vaccine, but two people get one dose at a time – the British are changing

The number of coronavirus vaccines in Britain has reached 1 million, he said. Matt hancock The British Health Minister and confirmed that the British vaccination campaign will move to a new calendar so that as many people as possible can receive the first dose as soon as possible.

The vaccination campaign will accelerate further from Monday as mass vaccines jointly developed by the University of Oxford and pharmaceutical plant AstraZeneca begin to be mass produced.

The UK vaccination campaign began on December 8 with a vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech. The British Medicines Authority (MHRA) also licensed the Oxford / AstraZeneca vaccine on Wednesday and the UK government announced on the same day that the vaccine will be available in the UK on January 4.

In his Twitter post on Friday, Matt Hancock confirmed that the UK vaccination campaign is moving towards a new dosing schedule so that as many as possible can get the first dose as quickly as possible.

The Health Minister stressed that this could save lives, ease the burden on the public health service (NHS) and allow restrictions to be lifted more quickly.

Two doses of the vaccines approved so far must be administered. However, on the recommendation of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunization (JCVI) together with the UK government, the UK government shifted the focus from giving the second dose as soon as possible to getting the first dose as soon as possible, especially from the most vulnerable. to rapidly develop protection against serious diseases caused by coronavirus infection.

Consequently, instead of the time difference from the previous three weeks, the first dose can be followed by the second dose within 12 weeks.

Chris whitty English, Michael McBride North Ireland, Gregor smith Scottish and Frank Atherton Welsh Chief Medical Officer and English Deputy Chief Medical Officer Jonathan Van-Tam said in a joint statement released by the Health Department on Friday that the administration of a second dose of the vaccine is likely to be very important for the duration of protection; initial protection against disease is largely achieved after the first dose.

According to the chief doctors, it is obviously much more beneficial from a public health point of view if twice as many people can be vaccinated in the next two to three months, shifting the focus to the first dose as soon as possible. , and in your case, there is only a small increase in protection after the second dose.

(MTI)