A dose of the Pfizer-BioTech Covid-19 vaccine is pictured at the UiTM Hospital in Sungai Buloh March 2, 2021. ― Picture by Hari Anggara.LONDON, Mar 8 — Modified vaccines designed to protect against emerging coronavirus variants will get fast-track approval under a pact announced on Thursday by medicines regulators in Britain and four other countries.
“Our priority is to get effective vaccines to the public in as short a time as possible, without compromising on safety,” MHRA chief scientific officer Christian Schneider said in a statement. The approach is based on the “tried and tested” regulatory process used for seasonal influenza vaccines, which need to be adapted every year to combat new strains, the MHRA said.Britain began rolling out the world’s first mass vaccination programme for the coronavirus in December. But health experts are concerned that new variants of the disease, including one from Brazil, could prove more resistant to the vaccines.
The survey overseen by London’s Imperial College showed the “R” number in England came to 0.86. Anything under 1.0 signals the virus is no longer growing exponentially in the population.
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