UK regulator chief on vaccine allergic reactions

UK regulators have h two reports of possible allergic reactions from people who took part in first day of Britain's mass coronavirus vaccination program against COVID-19.

Dr. June Raine, he of UK's medical regulatory ncy, reported those reactions as she testified Wednesday to a Parliamentary committee.

UK began vaccinating elderly people and medical workers with a vaccine developed by American drugmaker Pfizer and Germany's BioNTech on Tuesday, world's first rollout of vaccine.

“We're looking at two case reports of allergic reactions,’’ she said. “We kw from very extensive clinical trials that this wasn’t a feature.”