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The Covid vaccine produced by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford has been approved for use in the UK.
The vaccine designed by scientists at the University of Oxford has been approved for use in the UK, the BBC reports. It marks a major turning point and will lead to a massive expansion of the immunization campaign in the UK.
AstraZeneca and other vaccine manufacturers have said they are studying the impact of the new strain, but the vaccine is expected to be effective against it as well.
The UK has ordered 100 million doses from the manufacturer AstraZeneca, enough to vaccinate 50 million people.
Drug regulator approval means the vaccine is safe and effective.
The vaccine produced by Pfizer-BioNTech has been in use in the UK since December 8.
“With two vaccines now approved, we will be able to vaccinate a much larger number of people at risk, protect them from disease and reduce mortality and hospitalization,” said the UK Health Ministry, while Health Minister Matt Hancock said the The new vaccine provides a way out of the pandemic by spring, when millions of vulnerable people will be protected. He also said that sufficient doses of vaccine had been ordered to immunize the entire population except children.
Following the announcement that regulators approved the AstraZeneca / Oxoford coronavirus vaccine, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke of “truly fantastic news and a triumph for British science” and said authorities would act “to vaccinate so many people as possible. ”
The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine was designed in the first months of 2020, tested with the first volunteer in April, and has since undergone large-scale clinical trials with thousands of people.
Pharmaceutical group AstraZeneca recently claimed that it had found, after further research, the “winning formula” for its Covid-19 vaccine developed in conjunction with the University of Oxford.
“We believe we have found the winning formula and how we can achieve efficacy, which with two doses is as high as other vaccines,” CEO Pascal Soriot told the Sunday Times, adding that the AstraZeneca vaccine provides “100% protection. against severe Covid-19 “.
The Oxford / AstraZeneca vaccine was eagerly awaited because it is relatively inexpensive and should not be stored at temperatures as low as Pfizer / BioNTech, for example, stored at -70 degrees. This facilitates widespread vaccination, as well as in nursing homes.
Publisher: Georgiana Marina
