{"id":22904,"date":"2020-12-02T10:03:32","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T10:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/?p=22904"},"modified":"2020-12-02T10:03:32","modified_gmt":"2020-12-02T10:03:32","slug":"covid-pfizer-vaccine-approved-for-use-next-week-in-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/2020\/12\/02\/covid-pfizer-vaccine-approved-for-use-next-week-in-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Covid Pfizer vaccine approved for use next week in UK"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The UK has become the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer\/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for widespread use.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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British regulator, the MHRA, says the jab, which offers up to 95% protection against Covid-19 illness, is safe for rollout next week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Immunisations could start within days for those who need it the most, such as elderly, vulnerable patients.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The UK has already ordered 40m doses – enough to vaccinate 20m people.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Around 10m doses should be available soon, with the first 800,000 arriving in the UK in the coming days.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It is the fastest ever vaccine to go from concept to reality, taking only 10 months to follow the same developmental steps that normally span a decade.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson tweeted “It’s the protection of vaccines that will ultimately allow us to reclaim our lives and get the economy moving again.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Health Secretary Matt Hancock told BBC Breakfast that people will be contacted by the NHS when it is their turn for the jab.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He said: “I’m confident now with the news today that from spring, from Easter onwards, things are going to be better and we’re going to have a summer next year that everybody can enjoy.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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NHS Chief Executive, Sir Simon Stevens, said the health service was preparing for “the largest-scale vaccination campaign in our country’s history”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Around 50 hospitals are on standby and vaccination centres in venues such as conference centres are being set up now.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Although vaccination can start, people still need to remain vigilant and follow coronavirus rules to stop the spread, say experts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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That means sticking with the social distancing and face masks, and testing people who may have the virus and asking them to isolate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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England’s Chief Medical Officer Prof Chris Whitty said: “We can’t lower our guard yet.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Prof Danny Altman, Professor of Immunology at Imperial College London, said news of the approval was “momentous”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“We have the first emergency approval for use of a really effective vaccine. Truly heroic.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The UK has become the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer\/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for widespread use. British regulator, the MHRA, says the jab, which offers up to 95% protection against Covid-19 illness, is safe for rollout next week. Immunisations could start within days for those who need it the most, such as elderly, vulnerable patients. The UK has already ordered 40m doses – enough to vaccinate 20m people. Around 10m doses should be available soon, with the first 800,000 arriving in the UK in the coming days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22905,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[30,2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22904"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22904"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22906,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22904\/revisions\/22906"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}