UK authorises Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine
The government has authorised the first Covid-19 vaccine based on independent advice of the medicines regulator, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine will be made available across the UK from next week.
A Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said: "This follows months of rigorous clinical trials and a thorough analysis of the data by experts at the MHRA who have concluded that the vaccine has met its strict standards of safety, quality and effectiveness.
“The Joint Committee on Vaccinations and Immunisations (JCVI) will shortly publish its final advice for the priority groups to receive the vaccine, including care home residents, health and care staff, the elderly and the clinically extremely vulnerable.
“The vaccine will be made available across the UK from next week. The NHS has decades of experience in delivering large scale vaccination programmes and will begin putting their extensive preparations into action to provide care and support to all those eligible for vaccination."
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