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Any single-dose Covid vaccines available in the UK?

QQQ
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edited 23 September 2021 at 10:47AM in Health & beauty MoneySaving
Covid is a disaster but it becomes twice as bad when bureaucrats join the party. For some family reasons I need to travel quite frequently and unlikely to be able stay in the UK waiting for a second dose. Is there any single-dose vaccine or the one with fewer weeks between doses which gets me the right paperwork to be able to travel easier?

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  • Floss
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    Not currently, the wait is minimum 8 weeks between doses.
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  • QQQ
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    How about Janssen vaccine then?
  • Floss
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    As I said, there are no single dose vaccines currently available.

    The MHRA only published their patient information for the Janssen vaccine yesterday and it isn't yet on the NHS list of available vaccines.
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  • QQQ
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    Is it possible to have a vaccine privately anywhere in the UK?
  • Toothsmith
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    QQQ said:
    Is it possible to have a vaccine privately anywhere in the UK?
    The problem isn't really getting a single dose vaccine put in your arm. If the thing put into your arm isn't a recognised approved vaccine in a particular country, then the paperwork saying you've had it isn't going to be worth anything when it comes to getting you across a border. 
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