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- The UK government approved the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for emergency use, with immunizations set to start next week.
- The first people to access the mRNA vaccines will be older adults in care homes and care home staff, followed by 80-year-olds and health and care staff.
- Some 800,000 doses will be available next week, and a few million in December. The UK government pre-purchased 40 million doses, which will be good for 20 million people.
Coronavirus vaccines are already used outside of clinical trials in countries like Russia and China, which started vaccinated certain categories of people well before the critical Phase 3 stage was completed in those respective vaccine research programs. Western countries, including the US and Europe, are preparing to roll out emergency vaccination campaigns in December. The first COVID-19 vaccine candidates have shown great promise at preventing illness, especially a severe coronavirus infection. Pfizer/BioNtech and Moderna have both released interim and final results in November, and both drugs have similar efficacy (95% vs. 94%). AstraZeneca/Oxford only announced interim data, and the two partners have a few clarifications to make about their promising drug, as a mistake in dosing showed high efficacy in a limited group of volunteers.
Pfizer and BioNTech, which were the first to come out with interim data, have announced on Wednesday that their mRNA drug will be ready for emergency use in the UK next week, with 800,000 doses going out initially. The UK government has inked a deal for 40 million doses, shipped gradually in the coming months. They will be enough to vaccinate 20 million people, as the vaccine regimen includes two shots given three weeks apart.
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