June Raine
AstraZeneca Roll-out Restricted to People over 30 – Great Britain
British medical regulators restricted the roll-out of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine to people aged over 30 on Wednesday, dpa reported. The British Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) said people aged 18 to 29 who do not have an underlying health condition will now be recommended other vaccines instead.
UK Medicine Regulator Cautions Allergic People against Pfizer Vaccine
Britain's medicine regulator has advised that people with a history of significant allergies do not get Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine after two people reported severe adverse reactions on the first day of rollout.
Britain okays vaccine as global virus death toll nears 1.5 million
Britain on Dec. 2 became the first western country to approve a COVID-19 vaccine for general use, while Japan and Italy pledged free inoculations for all even as the global death toll rose towards 1.5 million.