GPs need to observe patients given Pfizer COVID vaccine for 15 minutes

GPs have been told that they need to observe patients given the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for at least 15 minutes, after three people experienced adverse reactions on the first day of the UK's vaccination programme.

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