Oxford vaccine boss says waiting 3 months for second shot is the way to go

 

 

The boss of the pharmaceutical firm Astra Zeneca making the Oxford vaccine has said that having a three month gaps between jabs "is absolutely the right way to go".

The independent scientific body, the JCVI, that advises the governments in the UK has recommended a 12 week gap between first and second doses of the vaccines in the UK. He said the first dose alone gave 100% protection against severe disease and hospitalisation. He said the second dose was only needed to give longer-term protection.  "I think the UK one-dose strategy is absolutely the right way to go, at least for our vaccine," he said.

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