Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine expands to GP services in UK
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Last Updated: Jan 07, 2021, 03:56 PM IST
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“The biggest vaccination programme in NHS (National Health Service) history is already off to a strong start with around 1 million people already vaccinated against coronavirus – this is a credit to our exceptional NHS staff,” said Dr Nikki Kanani, GP and NHS medical director for primary care.
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The rollout comes after the vaccine was approved for use outside of hospitals by the four Chief Medical Officers of the United Kingdom and NHS England s Medical Director, Professor Stephen Powis.
LONDON: Supplies of the Oxford University vaccine produced by AstraZeneca vaccine have begun expanding to General Practice (GP) led services from Thursday to make it easier to protect care home residents and other vulnerable people against COVID-19, the UK government said.
Caught in deadly race with new COVID strain, Britain gambles with mix-and-match vaccine regimen Scientists have slammed the new guidance which allows for the interchange of vaccines, if the second dose of the vaccine originally received is not available, saying officials have abandoned science and are just trying to guess their way out of a mess Representational image. AP
Amid a sputtering vaccine rollout and fears of a new and potentially more transmissible variant of the coronavirus , Britain has quietly updated its vaccination playbook to allow for a mix-and-match vaccine regimen. If a second dose of the vaccine a patient originally received isn’t available, or if the manufacturer of the first shot isn’t known, another vaccine may be substituted, health officials said.