Health
Coronavirus: Care homes to receive Pfizer vaccine within two weeks, says regulator – The Independent
Doses must be used within 12 hours of thawing under approved method
Care homes are set to receive deliveries of coronavirus vaccine within the next fortnight, after the UKs medicines regulator gave approval for packs received by the NHS to be broken down into smaller batches for distribution.
Residents and staff at care homes have been placed top of the priority list for the Pfizer/BioNTech jab, but prime minister Boris Johnson said that logistical difficulties were likely to delay the delivery of the life-saving vaccine.
But now the chief executive of the Medicine…
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