Distribution Once approved and manufactured, vaccines are made available to all member states at the same time.
Guidance was given that vaccine recipients should be monitored for at least 15 minutes after vaccination and centres must be prepared for such events including the availability of an.
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The delivery plan was adjusted on 30 December 2020, delaying second doses so that more people could receive their first dose.
Despite this, Margaret Keenan, who was the first person outside of trials to receive a dose of the Pfizer—BioNTech vaccine, returned to hospital on 29 December 2020 for her follow-up injection.
Airfinity, which tracks vaccination programmes worldwide, forecasts that 75% of the population can be fully immunised in the UK by the first week in August, a level where arguably begins to take effect — though variants and the potential need for booster jabs could impact this significantly.