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What happens now after new AstraZeneca advice?

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It is important not to overstate the impact of the latest recommendation for the AstraZeneca vaccine on the national immunisation campaign.

To use a musical analogy, the chords may have changed but the song remains the same. It will now be about re-jigging the existing vaccine dose quantities expected, to meet the changed age profiles.

While it is more complex, it can be managed. The campaign will have the same number of vaccines, that has not changed. But the latest development may result in a short pause in the programme, while it readjusts to reflect the changed recommendations.

The reliance on AstraZeneca may lessen over time but it will still be needed to vaccinate people between 60 and 69 years and there is a significant number of

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