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Hundreds of Britons who took half in Covid-19 vaccine trials are to be supplied authorized vaccines to allow them to journey overseas, the federal government has introduced.
Trial members have described feeling trapped and in limbo as a result of they had been unable to get a licensed Covid-19 vaccine, hindering their ability to leave the UK for enterprise or pleasure.
However after taking recommendation from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), the Division of Well being and Social Care (DHSC) mentioned these in England who took half within the UK-based Novavax trial needs to be supplied two doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech jab, with eight weeks between the doses.
The well being administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Eire are anticipated to comply with swimsuit for vaccine trial members of their areas.
Greater than 15,000 folks took half within the section 3 Novavax trial at numerous hospital websites throughout the UK, however the firm has not but submitted knowledge to regulators to get the jab authorized.
The UK already recognises these in Covid vaccine medical trials as being totally vaccinated for the aim of certification, each domestically and internationally. Nevertheless, most different international locations don’t recognise medical trial volunteers and require guests to have been totally vaccinated with a vaccine that has been authorized for deployment by the related medicines regulator.
