Health department makes decision despite UK change of tack
Intervals between taking the first and second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine will remain at 21 and 28 days.
The Department of Health and Social Care has confirmed the position, following a review and change of tack in the UK.
The Pfizer jabs are to be administered within 21 days of each other, and 28 days for the Oxford inoculation.
Times between doses has been reviewed, government says, by 'clinicians, scientists and regulators in the UK' who agreed the interval can be safely extended to up to 12 weeks.
However Health Minister David Ashford says "the recommendation to maintain the 21 and 28 day intervals between jabs is the best solution for the Isle of Man.
"There is no clinical reason for us to diverge from that position. It is true we could vaccinate a greater number of people in a shorter period of time if we changed tack, but our circumstances are not the same as those in the UK, where the gravity of the situation requires getting vaccine into the arms of as many people as possible, as quickly as possible.
"The two doses offer fuller protection and our focus is on delivering them."
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