UK's Boris Johnson: Astra jab is safe, I'm getting mine tomorrow

Reuters

Published Mar 18, 2021 17:15

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday that the Oxford/AstraZeneca and Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) COVID-19 vaccines being rolled out in Britain were safe and he was due to have his Astra jab on Friday.

"The Oxford jab is safe and the Pfizer jab is safe. The thing that isn't safe is catching COVID which is why it's so important that we all get our jabs as soon as our turn comes," Johnson said at a news conference in Downing Street.