EVERY Brit aged over 18 is set to be offered a Covid vaccine in just weeks amid fears the Indian variant is being transmitted by teens ahead of the June 21 unlocking. As it stands only adults aged …
“Now the USA, Canada, Singapore and the European Union have all in the last week said that's Pfizer BioNTechvaccine is safe and effective for 12 years and above and I just hope the UK Government can get on with passing that, assuming that they agree that we could then get into rapid vaccination for that cohort, before the end of term.
Professor Danny Altmann, one of the UK’s leading immunologists, backed up Mr Harrison’s request and said vaccinating teens young stop “hubs” of infections in schools. He added: “Numbers are increasing again and if restrictions being eased right now mean people getting together on the beaches in parks, in pubs and restaurants, of course we’re going to see more cases.“And only 75% of adults have had their first dose, so that means about 15m people haven’t been vaccinated at all.“The wave is likely to be more controlled; we’re probably to see less hospitalisations and deaths as a result of it.
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