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Great Britain approved the vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech: they would start applying doses next week

2020-12-03T00:59:03.879Z


This was stated by the Minister of Health. It will be the first country to supply the population with the vaccine.


12/02/2020 5:29 AM

  • Clarín.com

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Updated 12/02/2020 5:34 AM

British regulators have approved the coronavirus vaccine developed by US company Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech for use in the UK.

With the approval of the Medical and Health Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), the United Kingdom becomes the

first country in the world to start vaccinating

the population against the coronavirus next week, as reported on Wednesday by the British Ministry of Health.

In clinical trials, reported in recent weeks, the vaccine proved to be

95% effective

and with good results for all people, both young and old.

"The Government today accepted the recommendation of the Medical and Health Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to approve the Pfizer / BioNTech covid-19 vaccine for use. This follows months of rigorous clinical trials and a comprehensive analysis of the data from MHRA experts, "said a statement released by the Ministry of Health.

Help is on its way.



The MHRA has formally authorized the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine for Covid-19.



The NHS stands ready to start vaccinating early next week.



The UK is the first country in the world to have a clinically approved vaccine for supply.

- Matt Hancock (@MattHancock) December 2, 2020

Regulatory agency experts "have concluded that the vaccine meets strict levels of safety, quality and effectiveness," the note added.

British Health Minister Matt Hancock said on his Twitter account on Wednesday that "help is on the way" and added that British Health (NHS) is ready to "start vaccinating

early next week. ".

"The UK is the first country in the world to have a clinically approved vaccine for its supply," he added.

The so-called Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunization (JCVI) is expected to publish its recommendation on which groups will be the first to receive the vaccine, but it is expected that it will be the elderly and health personnel.

In the coming days the British authorities will define in which groups they will apply the first doses.

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"The authorization ... in the United Kingdom marks a historic moment in the fight against covid-19," said Albert Bourla, president of Pfizer, on Wednesday.

The British Government bought

40 million doses

, with which it will be able to vaccinate 20 million people (Pfizer's treatment consists of two doses).

Close to ten million doses will be available to the UK in a short time.

Speaking to SkyNews, Hancock said that fifty medical centers are ready to begin the vaccination campaign.

"50 hospitals throughout the country are ready and waiting to receive the vaccine," added the minister, who warned of the difficult conditions to maintain the doses, 70 degrees below zero.

British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said there are already 50 hospitals ready to start vaccination against Covid.

AFP PRU photo

"This is a challenging process and the NHS (Public Health) across the UK is prepared ... they are used to dealing with vaccines and drugs like that, with these kinds of conditions," he added.

"It is not easy but we have plans, so this morning I speak with my colleagues from the other regions (Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) to ensure that we are all ready to vaccinate from the beginning of next week," said the minister. of health.

For its part, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced on Tuesday that it will hold an extraordinary meeting on December 29 "at the latest" to give its approval or not to this Pzifer and BioNTech vaccine.

With information from EFE, AFP and DPA

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