Health Ministry gearing up for COVID vaccines

Mass campaign planned to get people to take jab.

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Since the start of COVID-19 outbreaks around the world earlier this year, experts and the public alike have been eagerly following the development of a vaccine that could put an end to the pandemic.

The last few weeks have seen a flurry of news on vaccine development with three major vaccine projects announcing trial results and applying to regulators for their use in the US and Europe.

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The UK this week became the first country in the western world to give the green light for the use of a Covid vaccine as regulators approved pharma giant Pfizer and biotechnology firm BioNTech’s vaccine.

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It is also thought likely that vaccine, and possibly another from biotechnology firm Moderna, could be available before the end of the year in the US, while Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech are seeking approval of their vaccines in Europe.

Other countries, including Slovakia, are now drawing up plans to vaccinate their own populations.

“Vaccination could have a significant impact on, and change the whole development, of the coronavirus pandemic,” chief hygienist Ján Mikas told media on December 1.

No vaccine expected before 2021

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