Then they will have to be very careful to have enough of the Pfizer vaccine's left in 4 weeks to give those who have already had it their booster.
I'm not denigrating the NHS here at all... please don't get it twisted.

I am sure they will be super careful

if people actually read the guidance that has been given, they will see that the vaccine authority have given a window of time for the 2nd jab. It is 4-12 weeks. Which means that those giving the injections have the freedom to choose when to do the vaccine

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Then why are they cancelling appointments? . ..

Why are doctors actively saying they are going against govt/ PHE advice to give boosters after 4 weeks as per Pfizer recommendations?

y Sudarshan Varadhan and Krishna N. Das

CHENNAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's drugs regulator on Saturday recommended for emergency use a locally developed coronavirus vaccine called COVAXIN, which is expected to be a backup to the AstraZeneca/Oxford shot.

COVAXIN has been developed by Bharat Biotech, a company based in Hyderabad, with backing from the state-run Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).

Not much is known about the safety and efficacy of COVAXIN. The company says it has submitted all data to the drugs regulator.

The head of India's drugs regulator is expected to share details about it at a news conference on Sunday, when its formal approval is likely to be announced.

Here are some major developments related to COVAXIN:

June 30, 2020 - The Drugs Controller General of India (DGCI) approves COVAXIN for human trials, making it the country's first domestic vaccine candidate. (https://reut.rs/3hJ1j40)

July 3 - An official at ICMR, India's top clinical research agency, says in a leaked letter it envisages launching a coronavirus vaccine by Aug. 15, India's independence day, leading to questions from some health experts about the short timeline.

The same day, Bharat Biotech shares its target of producing up to 300 million doses of the vaccine if its trials succeed.

July 4 - ICMR says its decision to fast-track development of a potential coronavirus vaccine is in line with international standards.

Oct 23 - Bharat Biotech says it is in discussions with more than 10 countries that have shown an interest in its vaccine candidate. It says Phase 1 and 2 trials have found the vaccine to be safe.

Nov 01 - Bharat Biotech says it is planning to launch the vaccine in the second quarter of 2021.

Nov 16 - Bharat Biotech says it is starting phase III trials.

Nov 20 - Bharat Biotech offers Brazil the vaccine and a possible technology-transfer partnership.

Dec 07 - Bharat Biotech seeks emergency use approval for COVAXIN.

Dec 22 - U.S.-based drug developer Ocugen Inc says it has partnered with Bharat Biotech to co-develop the vaccine candidate for the U.S. market.

Jan 2 - Experts at India's drug regulator approve the vaccine "for restricted use in emergency situation in public interest as an abundant precaution, in clinical trial mode, specially in the context of infection by mutant strains".

Bharat Biotech says it has recruited 23,000 volunteers out of its target of 26,000 for an ongoing Phase-3 trial of COVAXIN in India that began in mid-November. It is the largest Phase III efficacy trial conducted for any vaccine in India.

(Reporting by Sudarshan Varadhan in CHENNAI and Krishna N. Das in NEW DELHI; Editing by Christina Fincher)

Yes Good news in India their own Vaccine (COVAXIN) as well
the OxfordAstraZenneca one.

Exactly.

The more Vaccines the better.

...’Jabby Monday’...?...I miss Dress Down Fridays so much...

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Jabby Mondays....has a ring to it.
They need a Bez dancing with maracas at each of the vaccine stations

Done ..
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Why doesn’t it feel like light at the end of the tunnel yet

....the tunnel building was delayed because of COVID ...?...

Well we have ordered the materials for the bridge and they were supposed to have arrived but they haven’t ...


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i am feeling more and more optimistic now

and i do feel like we're getting to the light at the end of the tunnel

as long as people socially distance, stay home as much as they can, and there is enough vaccinating done to build up herd immunity

i think there is a lot of reason for optimism if we can ramp up the vaccination program. I don't believe it will happen as quickly as people are thinking it will though

My concern is that it's increasingly looking like the world is simply not going to keep up with the spread of the virus in terms of how fast they can roll out vaccination. Unsurprisingly, the quoted schedule was a lot of big talk and the vaccination rate isn't close to the numbers that were quoted and won't reach the numbers being quoted now any time soon. We knew this would be the case because we had exactly the same hot air about "how many tests would be done per day" less than 6 months ago.