Doctors in Wisconsin Closely Monitoring UK Vaccine Distribution

Friday, December 11th, 2020 -- 11:00 AM

(WBAY) -Doctors in Northeast Wisconsin are closely monitoring news out of the UK that two people of the thousands so far vaccinated suffered severe allergic reactions after receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.

While they are waiting for more details, Prevea President and CEO Dr. Ashok Rai and BayCare Clinic Chief Medical Officer Dr. Ashwani Bhatia remain confident the vaccine is safe and should be broadly distributed after FDA authorization.  “I think the structures that need to be set up to make sure everybody’s safe are there,” says Dr. Rai.  “I am very confident that, barring a little bit of a hiccup here, I think everything will be fine,” says Dr. Bhatia.

Britain’s medical regulator is warning people with a history of serious allergic reactions that they should not get the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine as they look into whether the reactions are linked to the shots.

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