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Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine approved for emergency use in United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has become the first country in the world to approve a coronavirus vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca for emergency use, as it battles a major winter surge driven by a new, highly contagious variant of the virus.
Key points:
- UK Department of Health accepted a recommendation from medical regulators to authorise the vaccine
- It comes as UK hit a new daily record of 53,000 cases at a time when hospitals are already under pressure
- The developers of the easy-to-handle shot hope it will become the “vaccine for the world”
The UK Department of Health said it had accepted a recommendation from the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency to authorise the vaccine.
It comes as the UK hit a new daily…
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