Vaccine protection ‘takes a while’, says UKHSA chiefpublished at 13:00 GMT
The BBC has spoken to UKHSA’s Chief Scientific Officer, Prof Robin May. Here’s what he said in response to two key questions.
Asked about the vaccine, he says protection is not instantaneous: “Like all vaccines, it takes a while”.
Two doses should be administered over a period of several weeks, he says. Full protection should be delivered within “about a month”.
Also asked whether we’re past the worst of the MenB outbreak, May says he’s “always very cautious about declaring peaks”.
It is “encouraging” that the number of new cases today is lower than in previous days, but the incubation period for the disease is up to 10 days, he adds.
UKHSA is alert to the possibility of secondary cases, but May says all current cases are linked to the original outbreak.
