1
2
Manufacture
Fill and finish
The adenovirus vector, a weakened chimp common cold virus loaded with a coronavirus protein, is grown from cells at Oxford Biomedica and Cobra Biologics in Keele
Vaccines frozen at Keele are dispatched to Wockhardt, based in Wrexham in north Wales, where they are put into vials
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4
Approval by MHRA
Distribution
Every batch of vaccine must be quality tested. Manufacturers, whose premises and processes have been approved, and government inspectors test samples of the vaccine from each batch
Approved doses will be sent to up to 1,000 sites in GPs’ surgeries and community centres, 70 hospitals and later this month the first of about 50 mass vaccination hubs will open
5
6
Inoculation
Second shots
Vaccines will be administered by existing GPs and nurses as well as thousands of returning medical staff assisted by volunteers being enlisted by St John Ambulance
Over the first 12 weeks, the NHS plans to vaccinate everyone over 50 as well as the most at-risk groups by mid-February. Each recipient will need a second booster dose within 12 weeks
2021
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Manufacture
Fill and finish
Approval by MHRA
The adenovirus vector, a weakened chimp common cold virus loaded with a coronavirus protein, is grown from cells at Oxford Biomedica and Cobra Biologics in Keele
Vaccines frozen at Keele are dispatched to Wockhardt, based in Wrexham in north Wales, where they are put into vials
Every batch of vaccine must be quality tested. Manufacturers, whose premises and processes have been approved, and government inspectors test samples of the vaccine from each batch
4
5
6
Distribution
Inoculation
Second shots
Approved doses will be sent to up to 1,000 sites in GPs’ surgeries and community centres, 70 hospitals and later this month the first of about 50 mass vaccination hubs will open
Vaccines will be administered by existing GPs and nurses as well as thousands of returning medical staff assisted by volunteers being enlisted by St John Ambulance
Over the first 12 weeks, the NHS plans to vaccinate everyone over 50 as well as the most at-risk groups by mid-February. Each recipient will need a second booster dose within 12 weeks
2021
J
F
M
A
M
J