Vaccination with the new coronavirus developed by British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca and others began in the UK on the 4th.
This is the second type, following vaccines from major American pharmaceutical companies such as Pfizer.
In the United Kingdom, vaccination against the new coronavirus developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford began on the 4th.
The 82-year-old man, who was first vaccinated at an Oxford hospital, said he expected that the vaccine would allow him to return to normal life.
In the UK, vaccinations developed by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and others began last month, and Prime Minister Johnson said, "It's great to have two types of vaccines."
Priority is given to residents of facilities for the elderly, staff of the facility, and elderly people aged 80 and over.
The second vaccination is given at intervals of 4 to 12 weeks, but the government will send the first vaccination by delaying the second vaccination as much as possible, and more people will benefit from the vaccine. It is a policy to make it available.
AstraZeneca's vaccine has the advantage of being easy to manage as it can be stored in a regular refrigerator at 2 to 8 degrees Celsius.
The government has decided to call on retired doctors and nurses to prepare for vaccinations at more than 1,000 locations nationwide.
To date, more than one million people have already been vaccinated against Pfizer in the United Kingdom.
Discussion on changing the second inoculation time
This time, both the AstraZeneca vaccine, which has started vaccination, and the Pfizer vaccine, which has already been vaccinated, need to be vaccinated twice, but the British government has decided to increase the number of people who can receive the first vaccination as much as possible. If the second vaccination is the latest, we have launched a new strategy to do it 12 weeks later.
It is said that the effect of the vaccine can be obtained to some extent by the first vaccination, but it is controversial in the UK.
According to a letter jointly issued by the chief medical officers of each region such as England, the shortage of vaccines worldwide will be an issue, and if the second vaccination is the latest, Twelve weeks later, that amount will be sent to the first vaccination, and more people will be able to get the effect of the vaccine.
The government's advisory board analyzed clinical trial data, and found that the first vaccination had some efficacy against the new coronavirus infection, and the second vaccination had a long-lasting effect. He concluded that there was no significant difference in effectiveness in the short term.
On top of that, given the current situation in which the spread of infection continues, many people were unable to get the vaccine and were infected, and asked for their understanding that there was a risk of serious illness.
In this regard, Pfizer, which conducted a clinical trial in the form of a second vaccination three weeks later, requires two vaccinations to maximize the effect of the vaccine, and the vaccine after the first vaccination He commented that there is no data showing that the effect is maintained even after 3 weeks.
In addition, the British Medical Association has also criticized those who received the vaccination during December, saying that the second date has already been set and that canceling the reservation immediately before will cause great psychological damage.