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Inside phase two of Wales vaccine roll-out: How one mass vaccination centre ramped up to help hit one million jabs
We spoke to vaccination staff working at the mass vaccination centre in Splott, Cardiff
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Britain Opens Door to Mix-and-Match Vaccinations, Worrying Experts
If a second dose of one vaccine isn’t available, another may be substituted, according to the guidelines.
Britain has been moving away from the dosing regimens tested in late-stage clinical trials of the vaccines the country is deploying.Credit.Oli Scarff/Agence France-Presse Getty Images
Published Jan. 1, 2021Updated Jan. 27, 2021
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.
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Covid vaccine will have to be administered at TWO MILLION jabs a week to avoid third wave, experts warn
Updated: 29 Dec 2020, 10:32
COVID vaccines will have to be administered at two million jabs a week to avoid a third wave, experts have warned.
Research by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) predicts the current government target for jabs needs to be doubled.
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A man is given a Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at Cardiff and Vale Therapy Centre Credit: Getty Images - Getty
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A man receives a Covid-19 vaccination at Salford Royal Hospital, BristolCredit: PA:Press Association
The recommendation was made in a paper shared with the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage).
Teachers and key workers will be added to priority list when Oxford vaccine is approved but SAGE expert warns even a million jabs a week WON T curb Covid crisis by February
Sir Jeremy Farrar said if UK hits 1m jabbed a week, it will not bring the end closer
The Wellcome Trust s director also noted importance of treating people globally
It follows the emergence of easily transmissible strain of the virus in South Africa
It comes as all of England s secondary schools will remain shut for most students
Doctors worry NHS could be quickly overwhelmed as hospital admissions surge