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Oxford University launches trial to test COVID-19 vaccine response among children for first time – SBS News
The University of Oxford has launched a study to assess the safety and immune response of the COVID-19 vaccine it has developed with AstraZeneca in children for…
The efficacy of the AstraZeneca vaccine in children is set to be tested in a new clinical trial.
British researchers will use 300 volunteers to assess whether the jab – known as the the ChAdOx1 nCOVID-19 vaccine – will produce a strong immune response in children aged between six and 17.
It is one of three to have been approved for use in adults in the UK, along with those from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna.
“While most children are relatively unaffected by coronavirus and are unlikely to become unwell…
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