'Deep concern' about Covid outbreaks among care home residents who have had first vaccine jab
direct to your inboxAn expert says outbreaks of Covid-19 are appearing in care homes after residents have had their first dose of the vaccine.Professor Martin Vernon, a consultant geriatrician in Greater Manchester, says he is “deeply concerned” by infection outbreaks “within, and beyond 21 days of vaccination”.The former national director for older people at NHS England says he would like to see second doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine administered as close as possible to the 21 days advised following clinical trials.The government has set a mid-February deadline to jab all over-70s and health and care workers.As such, a gap of up to 12 weeks between doses has been adopted to keep to the timetable.Ministers have ruled out shortening the