for a vaccine against covid at a time when there were very few. the trials found novavax to be highly effective but the company hasn t yet finished their licensing process in the uk and the eu, and that means people who are double jabbed with novavax don t get the same recognition as people who ve had other vaccines through the normal nhs programme. france currently only accepts vaccines already licensed for use there. the nhs app is being internationally accepted as proof in many countries, but it s not on there either. jo is not impressed and neither s her daughter. we ve all been really proud of her that she took part in this, that she did it without any questions, she just wanted to help. and now it feels like she s being punished and it s just really unfair. in a statement to us, the government said they ll take any action available to make sure trial volunteers don t lose out. everyone can currently get a confirmation letter and they re urgently working to upgrade the nhs app to
who took part in the clinical trails for the covid vaccine novavax could be unable to travel abroad as restrictions ease and more countries are added to the green list. while the jab was shown to be highly effective in protecting against the virus, it s not currently in widespread use or included in so called vaccine passports. gill dummigan has this report. hi, love! hi, mum. hiya, how are you doing? jo wiggans daughter and two small grandchildren live abroad. in two days time, she should be meeting them in france for the first time in a year, but she s not. i m upset. it s a long, long time since we ve seen them. they re just little children and i love them to bits, like any grandmother does. and i m angry, really, because i volunteered for something in good faith and now i am seriously disadvantaged. that something was the clinical trial for novavax. 15,000 people in the uk did the same last autumn, keen to help the global race
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