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British officials said on Tuesday that the vaccine has saved more than 112,000 lives and prevented 24 million from being infected. It is recommended that all the infirm, first-line medical staff and people over 50 should receive a third dose of vaccine. Johnson called on more people to be vaccinated against the fall and winter epidemic.
Agence France-Presse reported that the British Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunization recommended that the third dose be supplemented six months after the second dose, paving the way for a comprehensive supplementary vaccination plan in the UK. The United Kingdom is one of the countries with the highest number of deaths from the new coronavirus COVID-19 in the world.
Jonathan Van-Tam, the Deputy Chief Medical Officer of England, said: “According to the latest assessment, from the beginning of the vaccination, approximately 24 million people in the UK have been protected from the epidemic and 112,000 people have been saved from death. So this The project has been very successful so far.”
British Prime Minister Johnson and other officials have warned that the war on the epidemic has not yet ended and it is expected that countermeasures against the epidemic this winter will be announced later.
According to official British statistics, 134,000 people have died from the new crown virus (COVID-19), and more than 7 million people have been infected. So far, 44 million people have been vaccinated, and the vaccination rate for people over 16 years old is as high as 81%. The British government has also previously stated that it will vaccinate 12 to 15-year-olds.
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunization recommends that the elderly and infirm should give priority to the third dose. Additional doses may start in September. It is best to use Pfizer’s vaccine as the third dose. The UK purchased another 60 million doses of Pfizer vaccine as an additional dose in April.
Health Secretary Javid said that the government is likely to make it mandatory for first-line medical staff and social workers in England to administer the new crown vaccine.
In addition, British Prime Minister Johnson said on Tuesday that although the number of new coronavirus diagnoses is still rising, more than 80% of people over the age of 16 in the United Kingdom have completed two doses of vaccines, and 90% of adults have antibodies to the new coronavirus, so they can better cope with the new coronavirus. Virus.
Johnson said that the current “Plan A” is to continue to call on more people to be vaccinated, requiring people to wear masks, wash their hands and be tested. He said that there are still 5 million people who should be vaccinated.
Johnson said that he has prepared “Plan B” as a backup plan, including vaccine passports, mandatory wearing of masks and home work to deal with the new crown epidemic in autumn and winter.
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