Here comes the first delivery of the corona vaccine hospital in England – VG

Earlier this week, the corona vaccine was developed by German BioNTech, with funding from the US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, urgently approved in the UK.

On Sunday, Sky News reports that the first delivery of vaccines arrived at Croydon University Hospital in London, as the world’s first hospital.

“Knowing that vaccines are here, and that we are among the first in the country to receive the vaccine, and therefore the first in the world, is just fantastic, I am so proud,” the Croydon boss told Sky News. Health Services, Louise Coughlan.

– This is so exciting, this is an important occasion.

The Russian authorities were the first to leave and have begun mass vaccination of selected groups in Moscow, with their own Sputnik V vaccine.

This weekend, the authorities installed 70 stations around the big city where people of certain professions can appear and get vaccinated. This applies to teachers and other school personnel, social workers and health workers, writes the BBC.

According to the researchers, the vaccine should be 95 percent effective. So far no serious side effects have been reported, but the vaccine is still in the testing phase.

“The beginning of the end”

Staff at Croydon University Hospital in London have unpacked doses of Pfizer vaccine from cans and placed them in freezers.

The coronary vaccine should be stored at around minus 70 degrees.

The UK Public Health Service (NHS) is expected to be at the forefront in receiving the vaccine.

The NHS medical director had previously told Sky News that the start of vaccination feels like “the beginning of the end.”

“As a physician, this feels like an incredibly exciting time,” said Stephen Powis.

But he also warned that this is the largest vaccination campaign in the country’s history, and that it will be a marathon, not a sprint.

People over the age of 80, nursing home staff and NHS staff will be the first to receive the doses.

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In the UK, 50 hospitals are ready to wait for the vaccine.

According to The Guardian, the UK has ordered 40 million doses. As the vaccine requires two doses for vaccination, this will be enough to vaccinate 20 million people. 10 million doses are expected by the end of the year, 800,000 of them in the next few days.

You can come to Norway in the new year.

For the rest of the European countries, the vaccine will be presented at a meeting of the EU Scientific Committee on December 29, and is pending for approval in the EU and Norway.

The government says they hope to be able to offer the first doses of the vaccine in the new year in Norway.

– In Norway, we have a clear attitude that we will participate in a joint European approval. The approval system in Europe is good and we want approval to be based on a solid scientific basis and extensive research, said Steinar Madsen, who is doctor and medical director of the Norwegian Medicines Agency, to VG on Wednesday.

The Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine is the so-called mRNA vaccine, which uses a small part of the virus’s genetics to teach the body how to fight the virus.

Preliminary test results show, according to Pfizer, that the vaccine is 95 percent effective and has no serious side effects.

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Three other vaccines are also relevant to Norway through “ongoing review” in EU systems. The Moderna and Oxford vaccine candidates, as well as the Johnson & Johnson candidate, were admitted for evaluation on Tuesday.

While vaccine candidates like the Oxford vaccine and AztraZeneca may be easier to store because they can survive refrigerator temperatures, the Johnson & Johnson candidate, for example, has another advantage: It only requires one dose to be effective. The price per dose can also vary.