The UK may need to re-vaccinate people for coronavirus immunization every six months, while the Covid-19 test will still be needed in 2022, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said during a committee hearing on Thursday.
“I predict that we will probably need to revaccate because we don’t know the longevity of protecting these vaccines,” Hancock said in response to an MP’s question. “It may need to be every six months, it may need to be every year.”
Hancock added this “yea” he thought England’s current national blockade would be the country’s last, but he said: “There is absolutely no doubt that vaccines and tests will still be a feature in the coming year.”
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England entered its third pandemic blockade on Tuesday in response to rising UK Covid-19 infection rates in recent weeks, which health chiefs said was largely due to a new variant of the more widespread virus. easily transmissible.
Earlier, the CEO of biotech company and vaccine maker Covid, Moderna, said the company believed that its inoculation could protect against diseases for “Potentially a few years”, although further development is necessary if the virus mutates beyond its current coverage.
On Thursday, the first people in the UK received the vaccine from Oxford University / AstraZeneca Covid-19, the second injection authorized for use in the country.
The UK reported 52,618 new Covid-19 infections on Thursday, as well as an additional 1,162 deaths in 28 days after a positive test, bringing the total number of deaths to 78,508, according to official data.
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