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First positive consequence of Brexit for the UK.

The British country will have the possibility of becoming the first in the Western world to give the green light to a coronavirus vaccine thanks to its break with the European Union and its dissociation from the European Medicines Agency (EMA).

In principle, the

approval of the compound from Pfizer and BioNTech

could arrive this week, which would launch a vaccination campaign that is scheduled to begin on December 7, although there is still no officially confirmed date.

Next Monday, therefore, more than a million people a week could be vaccinated, although everything will depend on the available stock and that it finally receives the approval from the Regulatory Agency for Medicines and Health Products of the Kingdom United (MHRA), therefore, although they remain under the supervision of the EMA until January 1, they can temporarily take the reins due to a health emergency.

For the moment, the Government of Boris Johnson, which

was the first to bet on the Pfizer project in July

, has secured the purchase of

40 million doses

, which is equivalent to 20 million people fully vaccinated, since they are needed two injections.

For its part, the

United States

, where this vaccine originates from, could urgently approve it no earlier than December 10, although,

as a large part of the production is based there, it could begin to use it in less than 24 hours

.

Even so, and despite the impetus that exists on the part of the population and governments to approve at least one of these projects as soon as possible, the different regulatory agencies are trying to maintain a balance between the urgency of the situation and doing what is safest for the public health.

Not even Donald Trump, immersed in an electoral campaign that has ended up costing him the White House, managed to accelerate his tempos when he tried to hurry them.

"Public safety will always come first for us. Our job is to maintain the highest quality and safety standards," said June Raine, head of the MHRA.

The

British Health Minister, Matt Hanckcok

,

responded to this

, stating that "

if these vaccines are approved, the National Health System will be prepared to administer them as soon as possible

."

However, the problem with this Pfizer vaccine is that it must be transported at a temperature below 70 ºC, since in a normal refrigerator it has a shelf life of just five days before becoming unusable.

As for the European Union, the president of the European Commission,

Úrsula von der Leyen

, recently announced that they expected to be able to approve the

commercialization of any of the vaccines during the month of December

, although everything indicates that the approval will not arrive until later On the 15th, the priority right now seems to be, therefore, that each of the 27 countries begins to develop a vaccination plan for when the green light arrives for the vaccine and the units of the compound.

Spain, for example, has approved one that will take place between January and June 2021 in three stages and by population groups.

Even so,

the EU plans to face the issue with much more caution, a priori, than the United Kingdom and the United States

, as the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, has made it clear that he does not expect to start vaccinating until next year, when the American and British governments hope to take weeks administering the compound to their respective populations.

In terms of cost, the investment that the 27 could make in the Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine would also be important, especially considering that the cost of treatment per person amounts to 31 euros.

In principle, the agreement reached in Brussels with the American company includes the purchase of 200 million doses plus 100 million

more optional, so the total price would range between 6,200 and 9,300 million euros.

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