The European Medicines Agency (EMA) confirmed, on Thursday, that it has recommended a three-week passage between the first and second doses of the vaccine developed by Pfizer / BioNTech for Coronavirus infection.
In a statement in The Hague, the EMA indicated that previous product information stated that you would have to wait “at least” 21 days to receive the second dose.
Britain where it was licensed for the first time This type of vaccineIn January, I decided to extend the interval between the two doses to a maximum of 12 weeks in order to speed up the first dose. This decision sparked controversy and was not supported by the British Medical Chamber because its members said that a maximum of six weeks would elapse between the two doses.
The World Health Organization states that it is a maximum of four weeks, and in exceptional cases, six weeks may elapse between the two doses.
The authority said in a statement on Thursday:
In clinical trials of the vaccine, up to six weeks elapsed between the first and second doses.
Therefore, there is currently no data available Vaccine After the time period used in the studies.
However, the report confirmed that 93.1 percent of those tested received the second dose 19 to 23 days after the first dose.
