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LIVE updates as GP surgeries told to start staffing Covid-19 vaccination centres from December 14 – Sunderland Echo
GP surgeries have been told to be ready to start staffing Covid-19 vaccination centres by December 14.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said it has approved a solution to splitting vaccine packs and getting it into care homes.
Assemblers a mixture of companies licensed to assemble packs and NHS hospitals with appropriate facilities will break down the vaccines into smaller batches in special cold rooms at between 2C and 8C.
The process is extremely time sensitive, with assemblers having just 12 hours to thaw the vials, repack the medicines, label them and distribute…
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