Has the Oxford vaccine been approved yet and when will it be ready for use in the UK?

direct to your inboxThis is the moment a patient became the first in the world to receive the Covid-19 vaccine that was invented in the UK.Dialysis patient Brian Pinker received his jab at 7.30am on Monday from nurse Sam Foster at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s Churchill Hospital.Mr Pinker, 82, has been receiving dialysis for kidney disease for a number of years at the hospital.The retired maintenance manager said the jab will give him peace of mind as he continues to receive

direct to your inboxBatches of the newly approved coronavirus vaccine from Oxford University and AstraZeneca have started arriving at hospitals ahead of the jab’s rollout.Some 530,000 doses of the vaccine will be available for rollout across the UK from Monday, with vulnerable groups already identified as the priority for immunisation.The NHS will be the first health service in the world to deliver the jab, which was approved last week, in the next stage of the phased vaccine programme.The first

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Covid-19 vaccine has been approved in the UK. It was announced earlier today the jab, from Oxford University and AstraZeneca, was given the green light.

Naman Ramachandran The U.K. has approved the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for COVID-19, and the first doses will be administered from Jan.

direct to your inboxA Covid-19 vaccine from Oxford University and AstraZeneca has been approved for use in the UK, paving the way for rapid rollout, the Department of Health said.Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the approval of the Oxford vaccine was “fantastic news” and confirmed that the rollout would begin on Monday, January 4.In a tweet, he said the vaccine was 'our way out of the pandemic'.He wrote: "Brilliant to end 2020 with such a moment of hope: the @UniofOxford /

Oxford University and AstraZeneca has been approved for use in the UK, paving the way for rapid rollout, the Department of Health said. Rollout of the jab will start in January 4 next year as the news was hailed as "fantastic" by Health Secretary Matt Hancock.

direct to your inboxThe Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine could be approved by regulators 'within days' reports suggest as boss behind firm dubs it a 'winning formula'. AstraZeneca chief Pascal Soriot told the Sunday Times he believes the coronavirus jab is more effective than first thought amid the rapid spread of the new virus strain across the globe.

The arrival of two coronavirus vaccines authorized by the Food and Drug Administration for emergency use this month has prompted fierce debate about who ought to be immunized first. The latest guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices put health care workers and older Americans living in nursing homes at the head of the line.

The European Medicines Agency recommended conditional approval Monday for a coronavirus vaccine developed by BioNTech and Pfizer to be used across the European Union, weeks after the shot was first authorized in Britain and the United States. Following a closed-door expert meeting, the EU drug regulator said it was recommending the shot be given to people over 16 years of age.

direct to your inboxTens of thousands of people have now been given a coronavirus vaccine in the UK.The nationwide roll-out began 10 days ago after the Pfizer/BioNTech jab became the first Covid-19 vaccine to get UK approval from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).Donald Trump has now announced that another vaccine - from US firm Moderna - is ready to use in America.Initial data shows it is nearly 95 per cent effective in protecting against Covid-19.But has the

President-elect Joe Biden will reportedly receive the Coronavirus vaccine as soon as next week.