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Published: 09 December 2020
The National Health Authority in England said that the British Medicines Control Authority recommended that patients with a history of severe allergic diseases should not receive the "Pfizer-Biontic" vaccine to prevent corona.
The medical director of the National Health Authority in England, Stephen Boyce, said, "As is common with new vaccines, the regulatory authority recommended as a matter of precaution that people with a history of allergies should not be given this vaccine," after the emergence of negative side effects on two people per day The first to launch the vaccine.
For her part, Chief Executive Officer of the Independent Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, John Ryan, said, "Yesterday evening we encountered two cases of an allergic reaction, and we know from very extensive clinical trials that this is not a feature of the vaccine."
"But if we want to tighten our recommendations now that we have faced this, then we make this recommendation immediately," she added.
Britain was the first country to license the use of the German-American "Pfizer-Biontech" vaccine, in a quick move criticized by some experts. The European Union is expected to issue a similar decision by late December, while Russia has already begun distributing its vaccine, "Sputnik V", earlier this month.
Source: Reuters
By::Nadeemy Haded