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Oxford University and AstraZeneca’s vaccine is safe and ‘likely effective’ for people over the age of 65, the World Health Organization said today. The WHO has officially recommended the use of the vaccine in adults of all ages and said that doses should ideally be spaced by between eight and 12 weeks. The statement is … Read more
South Africa will suspend the start of its Covid-19 vaccinations with the AstraZeneca jab after a study showed the drug failed to prevent mild and moderate cases of the virus variant that has appeared in the country. Africa’s hardest-hit nation was due to start its campaign in the coming days with a million doses of … Read more
Scientists’ fury at ‘completely incorrect’ German claim that Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid vaccine is only 8% effective in elderly people German publication Handelsblatt published figure, citing senior sources But Oxford University and AstraZeneca have hit back at the claim as ‘incorrect’ Other scientists have added they have ‘no idea’ where the data has come from By Luke … Read more
Britain believes that the vaccine, which Pfizer is co-developing with Germany’s BioNTech SE, could be ready to distribute before Christmas Officials in the British government expect that a verdict on whether Pfizer Inc-backed COVID-19 vaccine works will be available before the results are in on AstraZeneca Plc’s competing vaccine, it has been reported. Britain believes … Read more