'Mix and match' UK Covid vaccine trial expanded

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Using different shots for the first and second doses might give better protection, say experts.

Over-50s who have had a dose of the Pfizer or AstraZeneca vaccine can take part in a study on mixing jabs

More than 800 people are already taking part in the research and have received two doses of either Pfizer, AstraZeneca or a mix.Results of this first stage are expected next month and the expanded trial should have some reportable findings by June or July - although the study will run for a year. Meanwhile, a scientist advising the government has said a lot of experts are "very concerned" after a cluster of cases of the South African coronavirus variant were found in London.

Prof Peter Openshaw, a member of the Covid-19 clinical information network, told the BBC's Newsnight: "I think we're all just hoping that the staged reduction in lockdown is going to be OK.

 

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No. Trials do not end until 2023. They are all still experimental vaccine s with no long term studies. I know. Let's try mixing them. Great!!

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