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Oxford – Astra Seneca (Oxford-Astrazeneca) new vaccine against coronavirus Invented by researchers at the University of Oxford has been approved. This is a milestone in the UK immunization program.
UK orders 100 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine. Which is enough to inject 50 million people, while the Thai Ministry of Public Health signed a vaccine reserve agreement with Astra Seneca on November 27, with Siam BioScience Co., Ltd. which is a company in the real title Technology Transfer for COVID-19 Vaccine Production And is expected to provide 26 million doses of the vaccine to 13 million people at risk by mid-2021.
This is the second approved vaccine. But it is different from the first Pfizer-Bion Technology (Pfizer-BioNTech) is cheaper and easier to mass-produce.
Mr Matt Hancock, Minister of Health, UK Said this is good news for everyone. And it is a very important moment in the fight against the new corona virus.
He said that the vaccine was the solution to this crisis. And it will bring about the end of the pandemic “Come faster”
The vaccine can also be stored in the refrigerator. Therefore, it can be delivered to nursing homes and clinics more easily than Pfizer-Bion Technology That must be stored in a special cold temperature at -70 degrees Celsius
News of this approval comes at a time when Public Health England said there were an increased number of infections. “Never before”, with 53,135 new cases yesterday (December 29), which is the highest since large numbers of people were tested.
A government source told the BBC that the government is expected to declare millions more to start in the outbreak control area of Stage 4 (Level 4), the highest level of strict control over COVID-19. It now affects more than 40% of the UK population.
The UK has more than 2.3 million cases and the death toll is more than 7.1 thousand, while there are more than 81 million cases worldwide with more than 1.7 million deaths.
Mutant
USA confirms Mutated COVID-19 infection First found in UK It was the first in Colorado. With the first case found in North America It was in Canada last weekend. Previously, people infected with COVID-19. Mutated in France, Denmark, Italy, Holland and Japan.
Joe Biden that the President of the United States criticized President Donald Trump for his ineffectiveness in delivering vaccines to people.
The United States has more than 19 million cases and the highest number of deaths in the world at 337,000.