The British government has announced that it has secured 114 million doses of vaccine from next year to next year in case a new mutant virus will require further boosters.
As the effects of the infection of the new mutant virus, Omicron strain, spread, the British government signed a contract on the 1st to secure 114 million doses of two vaccines, Pfizer and Moderna, from next year to next year. I made it clear.
If a vaccine for the Omicron strain or future mutant virus is developed, the improved vaccine will also be included.
The UK government has already secured 35 million doses of Pfizer vaccine for next year, but the new one is intended to prepare for the need for further boosters in the future.
Vaccine supply shortages are also a major issue in developing countries, but the British government has reiterated that it will donate 100 million doses to these countries by the middle of next year, of which more than 30 million doses will be donated at the end of this month. Will be provided by.
As of 1st, 32 people have been confirmed infected with the Omicron strain in the United Kingdom, and the government is urgently responding by strengthening border measures and infection control measures and shortening the interval between additional vaccinations.