UK “AstraZeneca approved tomorrow, next week” expectation
This is the news of the AstraZeneca vaccine that Korea has contracted for 10 million people and decided to bring it in in February next year. It seems likely that UK health authorities will soon approve emergency use. British media predicted that the vaccination could start early next week. In particular, AstraZeneca is interested in whether the reliability of the vaccine, which originally showed an average of 70% of efficacy, will be higher, saying that it “find out the formula for vaccine success”.
This is Noh Jin-ho.
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It is reported that British health authorities will approve emergency use of the Corona 19 vaccine jointly developed by AstraZeneca in the UK with Oxford University.
As soon as possible, approval is expected on the 29th local time.
AstraZeneca applied for approval on the 24th, four days ago.
There was also an observation that vaccination would start on the 4th of the following month.
Earlier, the UK signed a contract to purchase 100 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine.
This is the amount that can be vaccinated by 50 million people.
Despite the advantage of being refrigerated, AstraZeneca vaccine has been criticized for its low prevention rate compared to other vaccines.
However, this time, AstraZeneca said, “We have found a formula for success that can benefit from two doses.”
Even in Korea, which has already secured 20 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine, the issue of improving the reliability of the vaccine is a top priority.
Meanwhile, Pfizer vaccination has begun across Europe.
[우르줄라 폰데어라이엔/유럽연합(EU) 집행위원장 (현지시간 26일) : 백신은 유럽 모든 곳에서 동시에 맞을 수 있습니다. 유럽 접종일(현지시간 27일)은 감동적인 화합의 날이면서 유럽의 성공 스토리이기도 합니다.]
It is estimated that up to 70% of the population will need to be vaccinated to end the COVID-19 pandemic.
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