England started vaccination of AstraZeneca’s “AZD1222 vaccine”. That joint research and development with the University of Oxford The people were the first nation in the world yesterday (4 Jan local time) by Grandfather Brian William Pinker, age 82, was the first British person to receive the vaccination.
“This is the real turning point.” British Health Minister Matt Hancock said. AstraZeneca and University of Oxford vaccines It is a vaccine against COVID-19. The cheapest at the moment. And will be produced overseas Including in Thailand For thorough vaccination
The British Food and Drug Administration approved the vaccine on Dec. 30. In the first few days, a small number of the vaccine, approximately 530,000 doses, will be distributed to six British hospitals for injections and data collection. Then, within the same week, more numbers will be delivered. And aims to deliver tens of millions of doses of the vaccine within the next few months. “This is the largest immunization program ever in British history,” the National Health Service (NHS) of England, which prepares tens of thousands of workers to receive injection training. The vaccine was given to the public.
AstraZeneca’s vaccine developed in collaboration with the University of Oxford It has the advantage that the transport is not complicated because it can be stored in a normal refrigerator. The Pfizer vaccine, co-developed with Biontec and received its first UK approval in early December, is now available. It is necessary to store in a very low temperature freezer of -70 ° C, which makes it necessary to have appropriate temperature-controlled equipment and vehicles.
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Immunization with the virus will allow people to return to normal life eventually. British Health Minister stressed that The Oxford and AstraZeneca vaccination yesterday (Jan.4) was a triumph for British science. And it came at a time when England was faced with a still skyrocketing infection. Data on Sunday (Jan. 3) indicated that the UK’s daily new HIV infection has exceeded 50,000 cases per day for six consecutive days. “It was a very difficult situation. When looking at the transmission of the virus But this morning we have some good news about vaccines. This is the true turning point with vaccines that have arrived at hospitals, ”said Mr Hancock.
The British government is targeting as many people as possible the first dose of the vaccine, including the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. Or Pfizer-Bion Tech Each individual is given two doses of the vaccine and the first dose has been started. They were then left at intervals of 12 weeks prior to the second dose of vaccination. More separation between the first and second vaccine. This means that more people will receive the first dose of the vaccine. Without having a very tight supply problem
AstraZeneca announced that it would allocate hundreds of millions of doses of the vaccine to low- and middle-income countries without profit.
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