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Covid: Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to be tested on children – BBC News
A trial will assess whether the vaccine produces a strong immune response in six to 17-year-olds.
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A new trial is to test how well the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine works in children.
Some 300 volunteers will take part, with the first vaccinations in the trial taking place later in February.
Researchers will assess whether the jab produces a strong immune response in children aged between six and 17.
The vaccine is one of two being used to protect against serious illness and death from Covid in the UK, along with the Pfizer-BioNTech jab.
As many as 240 children…
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