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The jab developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford is expected to meet most of Britain’s vaccine requirements, as the government has ordered 100 million doses.
FILE: Oxford University and drug maker AstraZeneca have applied to the UK health regulator for permission to launch its Covid-19 vaccine, Health Minister Matt Hancock said on Dec 23, 2020. Image: AFP
LONDON – Oxford University and drug maker AstraZeneca have applied for permission from the UK health regulator to launch its COVID-19 vaccine, Health Minister Matt Hancock said on Wednesday.
“I am delighted to be able to tell you that the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine developed here in the UK has submitted its complete data package to the MHRA for approval,” he said.
“This is the next step towards a decision on the deployment of the vaccine,” the Health Minister added at a press conference where he announced that Britain would impose travel restrictions on South Africa to curb the spread of another new, more transmissible strain of the coronavirus. . .
The Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine was the first coronavirus vaccine licensed for use by the UK’s independent drug regulator and has been administered to 500,000 of the country’s most vulnerable people since its launch last month.
The jab developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford is expected to meet most of Britain’s vaccine requirements, as the government has ordered 100 million doses.
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