UK plans third booster dose for new Kovid variants

United Kingdom Plan to start offering from September a Third dose From Vaccination Against Kovid-19 which strengthens immunity if they have been enhanced by then newer version Coronavirus, declared by the Secretary of State for Immunization, Nadim Zahavi. In an interview in ‘The Telegraph’, a high official of the British government has told Over 70 years And this Health worker The first line will have priority for that extra injection.

Zahavi is in charge of overseeing a vaccination program that has already administered at least one dose More than 29 million people. In the United Kingdom, preparation so far AstraZeneca and Pfizer, But the Secretary of State assured that for the autumn he hopes Up to eight products Approved.

The British government has maintained contact with these two pharmaceutical companies as well modern, Whose vaccine is expected to be available next month, upon delivery of a third booster dose. “Although the virus behaves, Let’s be ready”, Assured Zahavi.

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