Health
Experts call for care home residents to get second vaccine dose faster after outbreaks – The Independent
‘We are knowingly not giving these care home residents the best opportunity to protect themselves’
Elderly care home residents should be given their second dose of coronavirus vaccine sooner than scheduled, according to a former NHS England director, amid reports of rising outbreaks.
Martin Vernon, former national clinical director for older people at NHS England, said he had seen an alarming number of infections among residents who had received one dose of the Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine.
Ministers have decided to delay giving the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine until 12 weeks after the first…
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