Britain prepares to administer vaccines before Christmas

Praising news coming from major coronavirus vaccination studies in the US and UK, Hancock has said that there are encouraging signs of hope in vaccines, yet nothing is guaranteed as of now.

He added: “Obviously no Covid vaccine has been signed yet, but there are encouraging signs of hope. And this week we heard again good news about the AstraZeneca vaccine and also about the Pfizer vaccine.”

“It is a big task, but the health service is up to the task,” the news agency said. Reuters he quoted Britain’s Health Minister as saying.

Hancock also said that the UK’s National Health Service is implementing those plans so that it can run a mass vaccination program against Covid alongside the largest influenza vaccination program in history.

Pfizer Covid-19 Vaccine Update

The American pharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc and the vaccines of its German partner BioNTech have raised hopes of ending the new coronavirus pandemic that has infected more than 56 million people and caused more than 1.3 million deaths worldwide. since the outbreak started.

Pfizer and BioNTech said they plan to submit data from the full phase 3 trial for scientific publication by peer review. Drug makers expect to produce up to 50 million doses of vaccines globally in 2020 and up to 1.3 billion doses in 2021 based on current projections.

An emergency use authorization request for the coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc and BioNTech was expected to be submitted to the FDA on Friday, according to reports.

“The partner of Pfizer, BioNTech, has announced that tomorrow they intend to apply for an emergency use authorization from the FDA,” Health Secretary Alex Azar was quoted as saying by AFP.

BioNTech CEO Ugur Sahin had previously said: “If all goes well, you could imagine that we get approval (from the US FDA) in the second half of December and we start deliveries before Christmas, but really only if everything works out. “