Time between Northern Ireland Covid vaccines to be shortened
The gap between the first and second doses of the Covid-19 vaccine is to be cut in Northern Ireland, BBC News NI understands.The move is intended to offer better protection against the Delta - or Indian - variant, as it is understood the first dose is just 30% effective against it.BBC News NI understands that authorities now plan to leave six weeks between the first and second dose of the Pfizer jab.
How this will be rolled out will depend on vaccine availability. Similar action is underway in parts of England.While the number is small, it is the rate of increase that is worrying authorities.Earlier on Thursday, Queen's University Belfast virologist Dr Connor Bamford backed the move to decrease the time between vaccine doses, saying it was likely to decrease the spread of the variant.
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