The first dose of Corona vaccine received by 6 million people in the UK so far
The British government said on Thursday that more than 600,000 people in the United Kingdom had been given the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNotech Corona vaccine. The UK started the installation of the vaccine at the beginning of this month.
The Govt. has started to give vaccine doses to people in Britain amid Corona’s new strain. The British government said on Thursday that more than 600,000 people in the United Kingdom had been given the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNotech Corona vaccine. The UK started the installation of the vaccine at the beginning of this month.
Matthew Chillies Department of Health and Social Care said in a statement that the government has published the figures today, according to which between 6 December and 20 December, 616,933 people have been given the first dose of Corona vaccine in the UK. The United Kingdom is the first country in the world to roll out the Pfizer vaccine.
The UK has ordered 40 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine. Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said that we hope to get millions of doses soon. The government said that special arrangements have been made for the care of people above the age of 80 years. Employees have been employed for care at more than 500 vaccination sites.
Meanwhile, the British drug maker AstraZeneca has given a complete data package to the UK medicine regulator regarding its corona vaccine. June Rhine, chief executive of the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, said on Thursday that the regulator has started analyzing the data and will take a decision in the shortest possible time.
Significantly, new strains of Corona have been detected in Britain. The new strain is 70 percent more contagious for children and may be of greater concern. For this reason a lockdown has been imposed in Britain. Also, many countries have banned flights coming from Britain.
