UK to approve Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech next week
The United Kingdom will approve next week the vaccine for Covid-19 developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, and the deliveries will start in a few hours from its authorization, the Financial Times publication quoted by Reuters, taken over by News.ro , reported on Saturday .
The first immunizations with the vaccine created by Pfizer and BioNTech will take place starting December 7, the Financial Times also wrote, citing sources.
Also on Saturday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson appointed Nadhim Zahawi, currently deputy minister of business, as the minister responsible for distributing vaccines for Covid-19.
The United Kingdom announced on November 20 that it had formally requested its medical regulator, the Medicines and Medicines Regulatory Agency (MHRA), to assess the suitability of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for Covid-19 as the first step in its distribution. outside the United States.
The UK has ordered 40 million doses of the vaccine, which has been shown to be 95% effective in preventing the spread of the virus, which has killed more than 1.4 million people worldwide and devastated the global economy.
The government on Friday asked the regulator to evaluate AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine for possible authorization.
The London executive has contracted 100 million doses of the vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University and aimed to have it distributed soon in the days to come.
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COURTESY universul.net
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