🔴Britain has bought enough vaccines for two more boosters per person, under a deal to provide 114 million more jabs that can be modified against new variants.
The deal with Moderna and Pfizer, covers two more years.
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💉The Health and Social Care Secretary said a new deal for 114 million doses of Moderna and Pfizer in 2022 and 2023 would help to protect the public “for years to come”.
The deal includes 60M doses of the Moderna vaccine and 54M Pfizer/BioNTech doses
The deal includes 60M doses of the Moderna vaccine and 54M Pfizer/BioNTech doses
Officials said the Government already had enough supply of both Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech for the current booster programme.
🦠The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines were preferred to AstraZeneca because they are mRNA jabs that are thought to adapt better to variants
🦠The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines were preferred to AstraZeneca because they are mRNA jabs that are thought to adapt better to variants
➡️Health chiefs are scrambling to accelerate the current programme so all eligible adults can be offered a third jab by the end of January, in an attempt to protect people from the omicron variant.
The total number of confirmed omicron variant cases in the UK is 32
The total number of confirmed omicron variant cases in the UK is 32
🇿🇦On Wednesday, daily reported cases of coronavirus doubled in South Africa, rising to 8,561.
The omicron variant has been found to account for three-quarters of virus genomes sequenced in the country since it was identified last month
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The omicron variant has been found to account for three-quarters of virus genomes sequenced in the country since it was identified last month
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🇪🇺Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, has called on EU member states to consider making Covid vaccinations mandatory.
In the UK, health officials are attempting to draw up plans to administer boosters to more than 25 million people
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In the UK, health officials are attempting to draw up plans to administer boosters to more than 25 million people
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NHS England is in the process of drawing up new guidance, setting out how the accelerated rollout of boosters in England will work.
On Wednesday, the NHS had yet to issue plans for an accelerated rollout of jabs, four days after the PM called for a rapid extension of boosters
On Wednesday, the NHS had yet to issue plans for an accelerated rollout of jabs, four days after the PM called for a rapid extension of boosters
📝The new guidance is expected to say that the accelerated rollout - which cuts the gap between second and third dose to a minimum of three months, rather than six - should start by December 13 at the latest.
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