This is how the UK will distribute its second coronavirus vaccine

[Chris Smith]

• The UK has issued emergency authorization for a second coronavirus vaccine candidate, the AstraZeneca/Oxford drug, that successfully cleared Phase 3 trials a few weeks ago.
• The local health authority has also altered the drug's vaccination strategy, looking to offer the vaccine to as many people as possible as fast as possible.
• The second shot can be administered anywhere between 4 and 12 weeks after the first one. COVID-19 immunity should start to form within two weeks after the first injection.

The third coronavirus vaccine candidate has now received emergency use authorization in the Western world, once again in the UK. A few weeks ago, the country authorized the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for emergency use, starting immunizations just as the US was preparing to review the same candidate. America then issued emergency authorizations for the BioNTech and Moderna drugs, and both vaccines are already in use in the country.

Britain on Wednesday authorized the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, with vaccinations to start on Monday. The country is experiencing a massive surge in cases, largely fueled by the new strain scientists discovered in the past few months. The UK posted record figures on Tuesday and Wednesday, breaching 50,000 daily cases for the first time since the pandemic started. The Oxford vaccine's authorization, one of the frontrunners in the COVID-19 vaccine race, isn’t the only news from the country. The UK has adjusted its vaccination policy and will immunize people via a different protocol. The goal of health officials is to make the vaccine available to as many people as possible, as early as possible.

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