Vaccines

Public Health England GuidanceCOVID-19: the green book, chapter 14a

The COVID-19 vaccine communication handbook – a practical guide for improving vaccine communication and fighting misinformation.

The National Institute for Health Research provides information about ongoing coronavirus vaccine research.

E-learning for Healthcare: COVID-19 Vaccination.
E-learning designed to help staff promote and deliver COVID-19 vaccines.

Independent SAGE – New statements on the UK vaccine strategy. 

Royal College of Nursing – COVID-19 vaccination. 

UK Government: COVID-19 vaccination programme. A collection of documents related to COVID-19 vaccination. 

BMJ Best PracticeCOVID -19 Vaccine information

New England Journal of Medicine –  Covid-19 Vaccine Resource Center

NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford Precision Psychiatry Lab Vaccine uptake and vaccine hesitancy

Moderna Vaccine(mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccine)

Efficacy and safety of the mRNA-1273 SARS-CoV-2 vaccine
New England Journal of Medicine, 2020, December 30

Safety and immunogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA-1273 vaccine in older adults
New England Journal of Medicine, 2020, December 17

An mRNA Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 — preliminary report.
New England Journal of Medicine, 2020, November 2020

Regulatory approval of COVID-19 Vaccine Moderna

Ad26.COV2.S vaccine (Johnson & Johnson)

Interim results of a phase 1–2a trial of Ad26.COV2.S Covid-19 vaccine
Sadoff J, Le Gars M, Shukarev G, Heerwegh D, Truyers C, et al.
New England Journal of Medicine, 2021, January 13

Gam-COVID-Vac (Sputnik V)

Safety and efficacy of an rAd26 and rAd5 vector-based heterologous prime-boost COVID-19 vaccine: an interim analysis of a randomised controlled phase 3 trial in Russia
Logunov DY, Dolzhikova IV, Shcheblyakov DV, Tukhvatulin AI, Zubkova, OV, et al.
Lancet, 2021. February 02

Evidence searches

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COVID-19 Staff Publications

Information for Patients & Carers

Health Information for Patients

BBC Health News

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