LONDON, KOMPAS.TV – Prime Minister (PM) English Boris Johnson appointing Nadhim Zahawi as Minister Vaccine on Saturday (28/11) to supervise the injection vaccine Covid-19 for millions of people English. The injection process vaccine in the program vaccine the biggest English this is expected to start in the next few days.
Drug regulator English currently considering two vaccine – one developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, and others by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca – to see if they are safe and effective. Newspaper The Guardian reported, hospital at English have been told they will receive the first dose vaccine Pfizer on 7 December, if vaccine it’s been approved.
Associated Press Launched, frontline health workers and residents of nursing homes will be the first batch of recipients vaccine, followed by elderly citizens over 80 years of age.
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The UK has ordered 40 million doses of Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine, which is enough for 20 million people, and 100 million doses of the Oxford / AstraZeneca vaccine.
In total, the UK government has agreed to purchase up to 355 million doses of vaccine from 7 different vaccine makers. This decision was taken in the midst of preparations for the British government to inject as many people as possible from a total of 67 million citizens.
The independent Medicines and Health Products Regulatory Agency will decide which vaccines to authorize.
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