Seven days in medicine: 3-9 March 2021
BMJ 2021; 372 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n648 (Published 11 March 2021) Cite this as: BMJ 2021;372:n648
Covid-19
NHS vaccine supply will “increase substantially”
Doses of covid-19 vaccine sent to NHS sites will “‘increase substantially” for the next few weeks, NHS England said. A letter to local system leaders sent on 2 March said,1 “From 11 March, vaccine supply will increase substantially and be sustained at a higher level for several weeks. Therefore, from the week of 15 March we are now asking systems to plan and support all vaccination centres and local vaccination services to deliver around twice the level of vaccine available in the week of 1 March.”
Covax will distribute 237 million doses by May
Covax, the programme to ensure that all countries have access to covid-19 vaccines, announced where 237 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca covid-19 vaccine would be delivered during the first round of its worldwide allocation. It said that Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, and India had already received doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine made by Serum Institute of India. Colombia became the first country in the Americas to receive vaccines through the initiative after 117 000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Bolivia, El Salvador, and Peru are expected to follow suit. (Full story doi:10.1136/bmj.n631)
Global survey shows rising vaccine confidence
People’s willingness to receive a covid vaccine has increased worldwide to 58%, shows a survey of 13 500 people led by Imperial College London’s Institute of …
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