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COVID-19: British doctors concerned over vaccine schedule

As the UK finds itself struggling to bring COVID-19 infections under control, doctors have called on the government to shorten the gap between jabs of the BioNTech-Pfizer coronavirus vaccine. The current 12-week gap does not meet recommendations.

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