On November 20, the UK government announced that it will begin mass vaccination of the UK population against COVID-19 in December.The vaccination plan includes three types of COVID-19 vaccines: 40 million doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine developed through US-German cooperation, 5 million doses of the US Moderna vaccine, and 100 million doses of the UK Oxford vaccine.
At the UK government's COVID-19 press conference held that day, Health Secretary Matt Hancock officially announced on behalf of the UK government that the COVID-19 vaccine jointly developed by the US company Pfizer and the German biotechnology company BioNTech is about to be approved by the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and will begin to be administered to the UK public next month. It is reported that the vaccine is currently applying for emergency authorization from relevant UK government departments and will become the first COVID-19 vaccine to be put into use in the UK.
The UK government has currently formulated two vaccination plans: first, to vaccinate millions of British people in the short term over the next few weeks; and second, to conduct a larger-scale, universal vaccination program early next year. Both plans are being deployed and launched simultaneously. It is reported that the UK government needs to pay £15 per dose for the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, while the Oxford vaccine, whose Phase III clinical trial results will be announced in December, may cost £2.23 per dose.
Hancock stated, "The National Health Service (NHS) is ready for the COVID-19 vaccination program." The NHS is building and retrofitting a series of ultra-large-scale venues, including community centers, town halls, and sports stadiums, and dedicated vaccination centers will be established in every major city in the UK. Due to the massive workload of vaccine management and administration, the NHS is launching a large-scale recruitment drive to hire tens of thousands of new staff to address labor shortages. It will also recruit 40,000 firefighters, community police officers, and military personnel with first-aid skills to participate in vaccination work in the future.
Hancock expects that "each large-scale vaccination center will vaccinate 2,000 to 5,000 people against COVID-19 per day, and at the peak of the vaccination program, the NHS will have the capacity to vaccinate 1 million people per day." The UK government has recently announced the order of COVID-19 vaccination, with elderly people in care homes and healthcare workers being the first group to be vaccinated, followed by frontline hospital medical staff. Subsequently, vaccinations will be prioritized for the elderly according to age groups.
On November 6, local time, the UK government attempted to implement city-wide mass COVID-19 testing in Liverpool. Source: CCTV.com
The plan shows that the UK will complete the vaccination of all priority groups by the end of February 2021 and complete the vaccination of the entire UK population over the age of 18 by April 2021. The vaccination plan divides the population into 6 groups, starting in December 2020 and finishing by April 2021.
Vaccination Plan for England
According to the UK NHS vaccination deployment plan, England will establish one or more large-scale vaccination centers in each of at least 42 regions within the next few weeks. These vaccination centers will be located in cities and larger towns, with venues including Nightingale hospitals, conference centers, sports grounds, and drive-through testing centers.
The plan will distribute 88.5 million doses of vaccines across England by the end of April, with every person over 18 requiring two doses. According to the document, for the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine (codenamed Courageous in the plan document) and the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine (named Talent), there must be a 28-day interval between doses.
Vaccination Plan for Priority Groups
The vaccination program begins in early December, with the target groups being care home residents, social care workers, and healthcare workers. The plan notes that it is uncertain whether the government will decide to include unpaid caregivers in the care worker cohort; if it is decided to include this group, more than 5 million unpaid caregivers will receive priority vaccination.
The plan will complete the vaccination of all priority groups by the end of February. In addition, all people over 18 in the UK who wish to be vaccinated will complete their vaccinations by April. The National Health Service (NHS) Trust will provide nearly 2 million doses to its staff (between December and mid-January), and mobile injection teams will provide 3.5 million doses to care homes, homebound individuals, and detainees.
Large-scale vaccination and community centers (including those run by primary care providers) will operate 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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