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By 5 January 2021, 1.3 million people across the UK had received their first dose of either the Pfizer or Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, which included more than 650,000 people over 80, representing around 23% of that age band in England. [116]
The jab, which is suitable for people aged 12 and over, will be sold in pharmacies and private health clinics.
A single shot of the Pfizer vaccine cuts the chance of hospital admission and death from Covid-19 by more than 75% among the over-80s, according to real-world data from Public Health England (PHE).
One dose of Pfizer or Moderna vaccines appears at least 80% effective against symptomatic COVID-19. For AstraZeneca, one-shot efficacy is 70%.
The paper admitted the limitation of only reviewing the data following the first dose of a two-dose cycle vaccine. [ 204 ] In November 2021, journalist Paul D. Thacker alleged there has been "poor practice" at Ventavia , one of the companies involved in the phase III evaluation trials of the Pfizer vaccine. [ 205 ]
1 February – NHS England confirms that every older care home resident in England has been offered a COVID vaccine. [78]Health Secretary Matt Hancock confirms that around 80,000 residents over the age of 16 in areas of Surrey, London, Kent, Hertfordshire, Southport and Walsall are to be asked to take tests for the South African COVID-19 variant after 11 cases were identified that could not be ...
Pfizer Inc (PFE) and BioNTech SE (BNTX) have announced an agreement with the UK to supply 30 million doses of their BNT162 mRNA-based coronavirus vaccine candidate, currently in development. The ...
Pfizer UK (officially Pfizer Ltd) is the principal subsidiary of the multinational pharmaceutical company Pfizer in the United Kingdom. [1]Pfizer UK has its business headquarters in Tadworth, Surrey, major offices in Maidenhead, Berkshire, research and development facilities in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire and Sandwich, Kent, and a manufacturing and distribution site in Havant, Hampshire.