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COVID-19 Data Dive: ‘Second-dose debt’ means a wait for millions

The COVID-19 vaccination programme is about to become a victim of its own success.

‘Second-dose debt’ – the requirement that everyone who receives a first dose should get a second within 12 weeks – will mean millions will have to wait for their jabs.

At its simplest, it means that if 400,000 first doses are delivered on a given day, the programme then needs to deliver 400,000 second COVID jabs to those people in around 12 weeks just to stand still.

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