Britain is the first in the world to approve the AstraZeneca vaccine and the University of Oxford reports Reuters citing Ministry of Health country.
Thus, the government accepted the recommendation of the Medicines and Healthcare Products Administration (MHRA), which tested the drug. The head of the Ministry of Health Matt Hancock said that the National Health Service (NHS) will try to provide it as early as possible.
The procedure for vaccination has not yet been determined, but it is already known that 12 weeks must pass between the injections of the first and second doses. Hancock hoped that the majority of the British population would receive the drug by the spring, which will accelerate the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
December 2, the United Kingdom approved a coronavirus vaccine co-produced by the American company Pfizer and the German company BioNTech. European Union allowed its use later, December 21st.
There are currently several COVID-19 vaccines in the world. Thus, two vaccines are registered in Russia: Sputnik V and EpiVacCorona. On December 5, Moscow started vaccination against coronavirus with Sputnik V. The United States and the United Kingdom have also begun inoculating the population with Pfizer / BioNTech.