{"id":124711,"date":"2020-12-02T20:36:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T17:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/who-will-be-first-in-line-for-the-pfizer-biontech-covid-19-vaccine\/"},"modified":"2020-12-02T20:36:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-02T17:36:00","slug":"who-will-be-first-in-line-for-the-pfizer-biontech-covid-19-vaccine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/who-will-be-first-in-line-for-the-pfizer-biontech-covid-19-vaccine\/","title":{"rendered":"#\n  Who will be first in line for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3df617920ed\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span 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class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/who-will-be-first-in-line-for-the-pfizer-biontech-covid-19-vaccine\/#The_UK_has_granted_emergency_approval_to_Pfizer_and_BioNTechs_COVID-19_vaccine\" >The U.K. has granted emergency approval to Pfizer and BioNTech&#8217;s COVID-19 vaccine.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/who-will-be-first-in-line-for-the-pfizer-biontech-covid-19-vaccine\/#Callum_Keown\" >Callum Keown<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#<br \/>\n  Who will be first in line for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine?<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article__subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\">\n<\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"column column--full article__content\">\n<div id=\"js-article__body\" class=\"article__body article-wrap at16-col16 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\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"wsj-article-caption article__inset__image__caption\" itemprop=\"caption\">\n<h4 class=\"wsj-article-caption-content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_UK_has_granted_emergency_approval_to_Pfizer_and_BioNTechs_COVID-19_vaccine\"><\/span>The U.K. has granted emergency approval to Pfizer and BioNTech&#8217;s COVID-19 vaccine. <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>      <span class=\"wsj-article-credit article__inset__image__caption__credit\" itemprop=\"creator\"><br \/>\n            justin tallis\/Agence France-Presse\/Getty Images<br \/>\n          <\/span><br \/>\n  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>       Care home residents, people over the age of 80, and health workers will be among the first to receive the COVID-19 vaccine from drugmaker Pfizer<br \/>\n        PFE,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/202877789\/composite\" class=\"positive\">+3.44%<\/bg-quote><br \/>\n       and its partner BioNTech<br \/>\n        BNTX,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/214419716\/composite\" class=\"positive\">+6.35%<\/bg-quote><span>,<\/span><br \/>\n       when the U.K. rollout starts next week.<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n       The U.K. became the first country in the world to give emergency <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roval to the vaccine on Wednesday, and its Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunization has since revealed which groups will be given priority. The mass immunization program is set to begin next week, after the vaccine candidate was <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/uk-medicines-regulator-gives-approval-for-first-uk-covid-19-vaccine\" class=\"icon none\">authorized<\/a> by the U.K. medicines regulator the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.<\/p>\n<p> The U.K. has already secured 40 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, which was shown to have an efficacy rate of 95% in people over 65 years in a Phase 3 trial, with no major safety concerns. Around 10 million doses will be available soon, with the first 800,000 doses \u2014 enough to vaccinate 400,000 people arriving in the coming days.<\/p>\n<div data-layout=\"inline\n              \" data-layout-mobile=\"\" class=\"\n        media-object\n        type-InsetMediaIllustration\n          inline\n  article__inset\n        article__inset--type-InsetMediaIllustration\n          article__inset--inline\n  \"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"\n        media-object-image\n        enlarge-image\n        renoImageFormat-\n        img-inline\n        article__inset__image\n      \" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.32812499999999%;\" data-mobile-ratio=\"56.32812499999999%\" data-layout-ratio=\"56.32812499999999%\" data-subtype=\"\" class=\"image-container  responsive-media article__inset__image__image\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-267045?width=140&amp;size=1.7753120665742026 140w,\nhttps:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-267045?width=540&amp;size=1.7753120665742026 540w,\nhttps:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-267045?width=620&amp;size=1.7753120665742026 620w,\nhttps:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-267045?width=700&amp;size=1.7753120665742026 700w,\nhttps:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-267045?width=860&amp;size=1.7753120665742026 860w,\nhttps:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-267045?width=1260&amp;size=1.7753120665742026 1260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 140px) 100px,\n(max-width: 540px) 500px,\n(max-width: 620px) 580px,\n(max-width: 700px) 660px,\n(max-width: 860px) 820px,\n1260px\" src=\"https:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-267045?width=620&amp;size=1.7753120665742026\" data-enlarge=\"https:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-267045?width=1260&amp;size=1.7753120665742026\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"wsj-article-caption article__inset__image__caption\" itemprop=\"caption\"><span class=\"wsj-article-credit article__inset__image__caption__credit\" itemprop=\"creator\"><br \/>\n            Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunization: Advice on priority groups for COVID-19 vaccination.<br \/>\n          <\/span><br \/>\n  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>       <strong>Read:<\/strong> The timeline for vaccine approval around the world, as U.K. authorizes COVID-19 shot <\/p>\n<p>Professor Wei Shen Lim, chair of the JCVI, said the committee hoped phase one of the vaccine rollout would protect 90-99% of those at risk of dying from COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>The JCVI said the first-phase order was primarily based on age, but also focused on protecting health-and-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a>-care systems. After care home residents and their carers, all people over 80, and frontline health and social-care workers will be given the vaccine. <\/p>\n<p>Those over 75 years of age will be next in line, followed by over 70s and \u201cclinically extremely vulnerable individuals.\u201d After the over-65s, all people aged 16-64 with underlying health conditions will then be vaccinated, followed by the over-60s, over-55s and over-50s.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong>\u00a0Moderna is asking U.S. and European regulators to authorize COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use <\/p>\n<p>Pregnant women won\u2019t be vaccinated, due to a lack of data on safety, while most children under 16 will also not receive a jab.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"cx-membership-tile\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWomen should be advised not to come forward for vaccination if they may be pregnant or are planning a pregnancy within three months of the first dose,\u201d the JCVI said.<\/p>\n<div data-layout=\"inline\n              \" data-layout-mobile=\"\" class=\"\n        media-object\n        type-InsetTweet\n          inline\n    scope-web|mobileapps\n  article__inset\n        article__inset--type-InsetTweet\n          article__inset--inline\n  \"><\/p>\n<div class=\"dynamic-inset-container article__inset__dynamic\">\n<style>\n            iframe.twitter-tweet {\n                width: 100% !important;\n            }\n        <\/style>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\n            <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattHancock\/status\/1334097891988738048?s=20\"><\/a>\n            <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>        <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>       Large vaccination centers, in venues such as conference centers, are being set up, while around 50 hospitals are also ready to administer the jab, said U.K. health secretary Matt Hancock. The vaccine would also be available from some <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> practitioners and pharmacies if they have cold-storage facilities, he added.<\/p>\n<p>Pfizer Chief Executive Albert Bourla said today\u2019s emergency-use authorization in the U.K. marks a \u201chistoric moment\u201d in the fight against COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis authorization is a goal we have been working toward since we first declared that <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> will win, and we applaud the MHRA for their ability to conduct a careful assessment and take timely action to help protect the people of the U.K.,\u201d Bourla said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> How the U.K. became first to approve the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, and are there dangers in authorizing so fast? <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"byline article__byline\">\n<p>      <span>By<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author  hasMenu\" data-scrim='{\"type\":\"author\",\"header\":\"Callum Keown \",\"subhead\":\"The Wall Street Journal\",\"list\":[]}' itemscope itemprop=\"author\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<h4 itemprop=\"name\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Callum_Keown\"><\/span>Callum Keown <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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