UK Issues Allergy Warning Over Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine

UK Issues Allergy Warning Over Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine
Vials of the CCP virus vaccine and a medical syringe are seen in front of a displayed Pfizer logo on Oct. 31, 2020. Dado Ruvic/Reuters
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Britain’s medicine regulator has warned that people with “a significant history of allergic reactions” shouldn’t receive the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against the CCP virus, after two people fell ill after getting the jab.

Professor Stephen Powis, national medical director for the National Health Service (NHS) in England, said the advice from the UK’s Medical and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) was “common with new vaccines.”