LONDON, Jan 13 (Reuters) - It is possible to get an extra
dose out of vials of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine as
well as the one made by Pfizer, the head of immunisation
at Public Health England (PHE) said on Wednesday.
In December, the health service gave doctors advice that
they could use extra doses of the Pfizer vaccine at their
discretion if they could be extracted, and on Wednesday Dr Mary
Ramsay said it was happening with AstraZeneca's shot too.
"We have been able to get more vaccine out of each vial, and
that's happened for the Pfizer vaccine and it's also happening
with the AstraZeneca vaccine. So that means overall, we've got
more vaccines to go around," she told lawmakers, adding that PHE
had bought the necessary needles "from the start".
"Really very early on we discovered that we're able to get
more out of the vials, which is excellent news."
(Reporting by Alistair Smout; editing by William James)
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