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UK patients reject Pfizer vaccine to wait for 'English' jab, warns doctor

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A high-profile doctor in northeast England has said patients turned down the chance to have the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine, saying they would "wait for the English one".

Paul Williams, a former Labour MP, said it shows that nationalism has consequences, given they were delaying having a jab at the height of the pandemic.

The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine was made available to patients in the UK at the start of December, while the Oxford/AstraZeneca version was authorised on 30 December.

Dr Williams was a GP before turning to politics, continued to see patients while he was an MP to maintain a link with them, and since he was voted out in 2019 has worked on the National Health Service's fight against Covid-19.

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