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  1. Covid vaccine: Eight-week gap seen as the sweet spot for Pfizer jab antibodies
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  3. A longer gap between first and second doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine makes the body's immune system produce more infection-fighting antibodies, UK researchers have found.
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  5. Experts say the findings support the UK's decision on extending dosing intervals from the initial recommendation of three weeks.
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  7. An eight-week gap seems to be the sweet spot for tackling the Delta variant.
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  9. The UK initially extended the dosing gap to 12 weeks at the end of 2020.
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  11. But as the vaccination program has been rolled out through the age groups - everyone over 18 has now been offered at least their first jab - people have been encouraged to bring their second jab forward and get it after eight weeks.
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  13. How many under-30s are unvaccinated?
  14. The government-funded work is published in a pre-print paper not yet peer-reviewed.
  15. for more: https://www.clictune.com/cANq
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