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Officials resist calls by doctors to cut the delay between Covid jabs – Bradford Telegraph and Argus
The British Medical Association said extending the gap between the first and second Pfizer vaccine doses is not justified by the science.
Doctors’ calls to cut the gap between the first and second doses of the coronavirus vaccine are being resisted by officials at Public Health England.The British Medical Association (BMA) has warned that delaying the second dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech jab to 12 weeks after the first is not justified by the science.However, PHE medical director Dr Yvonne Doyle said it is essential to protect as many people as possible to prevent the virus getting “the upper hand”.
In a letter to the chief medical…
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