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Britain has already approved two COVID vaccines
Britain was the first in the world to approve the use of the Pfizer and BioNTech vaccines, and now AstraZeneca.
The UK was the first in the world to approve the use of a vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and the British-Swedish company AstraZeneca. This was announced on Wednesday, December 30, by the country’s Ministry of Health.
“The government today accepted the recommendation of the Agency for the Control of Medicines and Health Products to authorize the use of the coronavirus vaccine by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford,” the report said.
It is worth noting that 53,135 cases of COVID-19 were recorded in the UK per day, which is a new record. A day earlier, more than 41.3 thousand infected were detected in the country.
In total, more than 2.3 million cases of COVID-19 infection were recorded in the UK during the pandemic. More than 71 thousand people have died.
Let us remember that the United Kingdom was the first in the world to approve a vaccine against the coronavirus. On December 2, the use of the drug from Pfizer and BioNTech was authorized.
In December, a more contagious strain of coronavirus was found in Britain, as a result of this, additional restrictions were introduced in almost half of the country.
Yesterday it emerged that the European Medicines Administration will not be able to approve the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine in the coming weeks, as the company has not yet submitted any documents for the approval of its medicine.
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