<Anchor> When the
British government approved the AstraZeneca vaccine, it issued guidelines to get one vaccine and another 12 weeks, or three months.
That way, the vaccine's effectiveness will increase and more people can get it.
For more information, reporter Kim Yong-cheol will deliver.
<Reporter>
Unlike Pfizer and Modena vaccine, which gives a second dose three or four weeks after the first dose, the UK government urgently approves the AstraZeneca vaccine and requires a second dose 12 weeks after the first dose. I did.
It means that we will start vaccinating more people in the circumstances where the vaccine supply is limited.
[Boris Johnson/British Prime Minister: The approval of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is a fantastic achievement in British science, and it will make more people vaccinated faster.]
AstraZeneca can be vaccinated if given twice every four weeks earlier
.
He said the effect was 70.4%.
The UK government says that when the vaccination interval was increased to 12 weeks, the effectiveness rose to 80%.
[Andrew Pollard/Director of Oxford Vaccine Group: If you give a second vaccination at an interval, your immunity will improve, and eventually the vaccine will be more effective.] In that it is a
cheap and easy to store vaccine, a wide range of vaccinations can be made faster, There are positive reviews of the UK government's decision to extend the ~2nd vaccination interval.
However, questions are being raised as the preventive effect is relatively inferior to that of Pfizer and Modena, and the test results for sustainability have not been found.
(Video editing: Jung Yonghwa)