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Health ministers, leaders and scientists in Britain have taken steps to reassure the public over any fears they may have when receiving the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine after health bodies altered their recommendations for it.
Britain’s Health Secretary Matt Hancock reinforced the vaccine’s effectiveness on Thursday while highlighting the debilitating effects of Covid-19.
“The vaccines are safe, and if you want to have the Pfizer vaccine or Moderna vaccine instead, then that is fine,” he told the BBC.
“The safety system that we have around this vaccine is so sensitive that it can pick up events that are four in a million [the chance of developing a rare brain blood clot]. I’m told this is about the equivalent risk of taking a long-haul flight.” Professor Anthony Harnden, deputy chairman of the vaccine advisory body in Britain, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunization (JCVI), told British broadcaster ITV people “should not lose confidence” in the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine, adding: “It’s a great vaccine.” Elsewhere on Thursday, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told journalists she is having her jab next week and would take the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine “willingly,” while both chief medical officers for Wales and Northern Ireland lauded the vaccine.
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09/04/2021
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