Health
Oxford vaccine dubbed ‘winning formula’ as variant spreads across the globe – The Dumbarton and Vale of Leven Reporter
Canada is the latest country to identify cases of the highly-infectious mutated strain of Covid-19.
The boss of the firm behind the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine has raised hopes it is more effective than first thought amid the rapid spread of the UK virus strain across the globe.
AstraZeneca chief Pascal Soriot told the Sunday Times he believed researchers had found the “winning formula” using two doses and promised to publish the results as reports suggested the UK regulator could approve the jab within days.
The claim will come as some relief even as Canada became the latest country to…
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