UK becoming the first country to approve vaccine for Covid-19

It seems the long waiting for Covid-19 vaccine is over. UK has approved P-Fizer Biotech Covid-19 vaccine and become the first country to approve the vaccine. The vaccine is currently at Pfizer’s production site in Puurs, Belgium and it will be shipped through truck by next week. The UK government has prioritize the vaccination process for its people as:

 

1) Residents and the staffs at care homes.

2) All the people who are above 80 years of age, frontline healthcare workers and socio-care workers.

3) The people who are above 75 years of age.

4) The people who are above 70 years of age.

5) The people who are above 65 years of age.

6) The people who are in the age range 16-64 with underlying health conditions.

7) The people who are above 55 years of age.

8) The people who are above 50 years of age.

9) Rest of the population.

The department of Health and Social care will contact individuals for the vaccination process. Until then, people have to wait for their turn.

 

The vaccine is made using a technology called messenger RNA and the company claim 90% effective in clinical trial. Pfizer vaccine had been tested over 44000 (almost) people in the clinical trial without severe side effects. The UK regulatory authority said that the vaccine met strict standard of safety, quality and effectiveness. Although the vaccination process of the entire world would take minimum one year, declaration of first vaccine approval is indeed a good news for us.