{"id":144058,"date":"2020-12-30T10:52:32","date_gmt":"2020-12-30T07:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/britain-first-to-approve-astrazeneca-oxford-covid-19-vaccine\/"},"modified":"2020-12-30T10:52:32","modified_gmt":"2020-12-30T07:52:32","slug":"britain-first-to-approve-astrazeneca-oxford-covid-19-vaccine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/britain-first-to-approve-astrazeneca-oxford-covid-19-vaccine\/","title":{"rendered":"#Britain first to approve AstraZeneca\/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Britain first to app<\/a>rove AstraZeneca\/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine<\/strong>”
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LONDON \u2014 Britain on Wednesday became the first country in the world to approve a coronavirus vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca as it battles a major winter surge driven by a new, highly contagious variant of the virus.<\/p>\n

AstraZeneca said the authorization was for a two dose regime, and that the vaccine had been approved for use for emergency supply. Britain has ordered 100 million doses of the vaccine.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe government has today accepted the recommendation from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to authorize Oxford University\/AstraZeneca\u2019s COVID-19 vaccine for use,\u201d the health ministry said.<\/p>\n

The pandemic has already killed 1.7 million people around the world, sown chaos through the global economy and upended normal life for billions since it began in Wuhan, China, a year ago.<\/p>\n

Britain and South Africa in particular are grappling with new variants of the coronavirus, which the government and scientists say are more contagious; many countries have responded by banning passenger flights and blocking trade.<\/p>\n

AstraZeneca and other developers have said they are studying the impact of the new variant but expect that their shots will be effective against it.<\/p>\n

Regulatory endorsement is a welcome boost for AstraZeneca and the Oxford team, which have been accused of a lack of clarity about the results from late-stage trials.<\/p>\n

Pooled results from those trials show it had overall efficacy was 70.4%. Efficacy was 62% for trial participants given two full doses, but 90% for a smaller sub-group given a half, then a full dose.<\/p>\n

Researchers said that the finding of 90% efficacy for the low-dose\/high-dose regime needed more investigation. AstraZeneca did not specify which dose regime had been approved.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday is an important day for millions of people in the UK who will get access to this new vaccine,\u201d AstraZeneca Chief Executive Pascal Soriot said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has been shown to be effective, well-tolerated, simple to administer and is supplied by AstraZeneca at no profit.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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