The booster vaccine against Covid-19 and immunity from infection can help the United Kingdom do not repeat the strong rebound in infections registered in some European countries, said this Sunday Andrew Pollard, researcher of the preparation prepared by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca.
The UK has started supplying a third dose – with Pfizer or Moderna – to the over 50s and vulnerable groups, and those over 40 will soon join this program as well.
“We have had a spread (of the virus) since the summer, so I think it is unlikely that we are going to see a sharp increase in the next few months,” Pollard told the BBC.
“We are already ahead (of continental Europe) with this particular virus, the delta variant,” he added.
In the same vein, Linda Bauld, an expert in public health from the University of Edinburgh, referred to the Sky chain that, although the situation is “uncertain”, there are factors that can help the United Kingdom not to repeat what is happening. in other countries.
“We deal with the delta wave in the summer and early fall. We are still in it, of course, but we do not (see) those big increases, “added Bauld, who also cited the population’s natural immunity to infections, especially among young people.
According to the director of the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC, in English), Andrea Ammon, told the BBC today, Europe is increasing the sequencing of the coronavirus due to the risk that a new variant may appear as infections soar in some countries of the continent.
Austria has become the first European country to announce mandatory vaccination by February 2022, while countries such as the Czech Republic and Slovakia have communicated new restrictions for people who are not immunized.
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