Coronavirus (COVID-19): vaccine deployment plan: update - July 2021
Update to the March 2021 plan, providing an overview of our progress and outlining next steps in the vaccination programme.
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Next steps
Potential COVID-19 booster programme
Interim advice published by the JCVI on 30 June 2021 outlined a core set of planning principles for any potential COVID-19 vaccine booster programme. All JCVI publications and statements are available on the UK Government’s website. We are working closely with Health Boards to plan for the potential COVID-19 booster vaccination programme, guided by the JCVI advice. We look forward to receiving the Committee’s final advice in due course which will inform our approach for the autumn.
New vaccines
Work to develop and manufacture COVID-19 vaccines continues worldwide and, through the UK Vaccines Taskforce’s (VTF) Four Nations procurement, Scotland will be able to access any MHRA approved vaccines which have been agreed to be procured by the VTF on a four nations basis. This includes the Janssen vaccine, recently given temporary authorisation for supply in the UK by the MHRA. While there are no guarantees, a number of other vaccines are undergoing clinical trials and could become available later this year or early next year.
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