The first shipment of vaccines to Israel, amid a significant increase in infections

Britain warns patients with severe allergies not to get the "Pfizer-Biontech" vaccine

A delegation from the Israeli government led by Benjamin Netanyahu during the reception ceremony for the first shipment of vaccine to Israel.

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The National Health Authority in England said yesterday that the British Medicines Control Authority recommended that patients with a history of severe allergic diseases not get the Pfizer - Biontic vaccine to prevent "Covid-19", after negative side effects appeared on two people in The first day of the vaccine launch, while the first shipment of the vaccine itself arrived in Israel, amid a significant increase in Corona injuries.

In detail, the medical director of the British National Health Service, Stephen Boyce, yesterday warned individuals with a history of "marked disease" of allergic reactions against getting the "Pfizer-Biontech" vaccine against "Corona", after symptoms appeared on Two people who got vaccinated.

Boyce said, in a statement, that such a recommendation made by the British Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency is normal.

He said, "As mentioned in the new vaccines, the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency recommends, on a preventive basis, that those with a marked history of allergic reactions not get the vaccine, after the appearance of side effects on two people with a history of allergic reactions yesterday."

He noted that the two patients are "recovering well".

The head of the British Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, John Raine, confirmed to the British Parliament's Science and Technology Committee, that allergic reactions had occurred to the vaccine, and this “was not a feature” during the trials.

"Pfizer" told the German news agency, "The American company and the German" Biontech "support the" British Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency ", while it is under investigation.

A company spokesperson said: "As a precaution, the British Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency has issued interim directives to the British National Health Service, while an investigation is being conducted to fully understand each case and its causes."

He added: “In the vital third phase of clinical trials, the vaccine was generally well tried without serious safety concerns, which the independent data monitoring committee talks about.

Tests were conducted on more than 44 thousand until yesterday, and more than 42 thousand of them received a second dose of the vaccine.

The Medicines Regulatory Agency continues to monitor the status of those who received the vaccine, which has proven to be very effective in preventing infection with the "Covid-19" respiratory disease caused by the Coronavirus.

Yesterday, hospitals and vaccine distribution centers in Britain began administering the vaccine to the elderly and health workers throughout the country, making Britain the first country to introduce the vaccine, which was developed by Pfizer and Biontech, as part of a national program.

This comes at a time when the Israeli Ministry of Health announced yesterday that it had recorded 1719 new infections with the emerging coronavirus, after conducting 69,778 tests to detect the virus, which means that the percentage of positive results is 2.5%.

The number of deaths due to the virus, since the beginning of its outbreak in Israel until yesterday, reached 2,932 cases, while there are 310 seriously injured patients, including 113 infected people who are using artificial respirators in hospitals.

It is noteworthy that the total number of infections with the Coronavirus in Israel since the beginning of the spread of the epidemic, early this year until yesterday, reached 348,968, of which 14,905 are currently active.

For its part, the official Israeli radio said that the shipments of the first vaccines against the Corona virus from the American pharmaceutical company "Pfizer" arrived in Israel yesterday, on board the plane of the express mail company "DHL".

The DHL plane, which arrived from Brussels yesterday, contains between 3000 and 4000 vaccines. The main shipment is expected today, which will include hundreds of thousands of additional vaccines.

It will be quickly transported to the "freezing farms" of the "Teva" company in Shoham, where it will be stored at a temperature of minus 70 degrees.

The radio added that once vaccination is approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the vaccines will be delivered to the Ministry of Health to thaw the ice, and from there they will be directed to vaccination points throughout Israel, as the vaccine has a shelf life of about five days.

The vaccination campaign will begin with medical teams working in hospitals, then move to health funds, which will allow the public to be vaccinated in designated centers or clinics, and to encourage the public to vaccinate, while the various Israeli ministries, according to the radio, will provide incentives to those who undergo vaccination, including benefits such as exemption. Isolation, free entrance to hotels, gyms, cultural institutions and sporting events.

• The recommendation made by the British Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency is normal.

• The Medicines Regulatory Agency continues to monitor the status of those who have received the vaccine, which has proven to be highly effective in preventing infection.

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