COVID-19 patients should take two doses of the Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine within a period of 21-28 days, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday as many countries grappled with a more highly infectious coronavirus variant.
0:00 - CHAIRMAN OF WHO'S STRATEGIC ADVISORY GROUP OF EXPERTS ON IMMUNIZATION (SAGE), ALEJANDRO CRAVIOTO
"SAGE recommends the administration of two doses of the vaccine within 21 to 28 days," Alejandro Cravioto, chairman of WHO's Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE), told an online news briefing. He said SAGE did not recommend the Pfizer jab for travellers unless they were in a very high-risk group due to the very limited supply of anti-COVID drugs at present.
1:18 - WHO IMMUNISATION EXPERT, KATE O'BRIEN
Kate O'Brien, a WHO immunization expert, said there was no outside limit for receiving a second vaccine dose.
2:24 - WHO IMMUNISATION EXPERT, KATE O'BRIEN
The WHO's technical chief on COVID-19, Maria Van Kerkhove, said there is no indication that the coronavirus variant identified in South Africa is more transmissible than the one spreading fast in Britain.
2:53 - WHO DIRECTOR-GENERAL, TEDROS ADHANOM GHEBREYESUS
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general, said he was "very disappointed" that China had not authorised entry of an international mission to examine the origins of the global coronavirus pandemic.
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