First jab given to an 82year old.
Second dose is 12weeks after the first.
Pictures of the man(patient) who received the first dose and the Nurse who administered the first jab.

Nurse Foster who administered the first jab

The AstraZeneca shot is a “viral vector vaccine”, where a specially engineered virus that normally causes chimpanzees to get the common cold delivers genetic instructions to human cells to make the spike protein jutting out from the new coronavirus’s surface.

The Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines use a new technology which packs messenger RNA (mRNA) inside tiny fat droplets to instruct cells to make the spike protein.

All of the vaccines require two doses, but the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation which advises the government said the priority with the AstraZeneca vaccine was to get as many at-risk people as possible a first jab. A second dose to complete the course will be given within 12 weeks.



The Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine has been approved for use in UK.

Final data from the Pfizer vaccine found it offers 95% protection against the virus after two doses.

It also proved 94% effective among adults over the age of 65 - who are generally more vulnerable.

The first dose provided 52% protection after 12 days.

Moderna's results indicate 94.5% effectiveness but it said the trials are ongoing and the final number could change.

The Oxford trial found with two doses its vaccine was 62% effective, but when people were given a half dose followed by a full dose at least a month later its efficacy reportedly rose to 90%.

Some questioned these results - including the UK medicines regulator, who reviewed the data and recommended that two full doses should be administered.

The agency concluded that the Oxford vaccine was up to 80% effective when the second dose was delayed by three months.

The jab already provides 70% protection 22 days after the first dose, according to the UK's Joint Committee of Vaccinations and Immunisations (JCVI).

The second dose for both the Pfizer and Oxford vaccines can be taken up to 12 weeks after the first.

When it was initially approved, the UK medicines regulator said the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine should be administered 21 days after the first - but changed this to a longer interval of between 21 days and 12 weeks.

For the Oxford vaccine, the second dose should be taken between four and 12 weeks after the first.

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