the companies confirmed a higher efficacy rate of 95 per cent.
09.11.2020 - 21:42 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
the new coronavirus vaccine as a 'scientific breakthrough' as he said it could be rolled out by Christmas. Professor Jonathan Van-Tam told a Downing Street Press conference on Monday he is hopeful the first coronavirus vaccine could be seen by next month.
He told the briefing that the latest Pfizer and BioNTech trials represented a significant scientific breakthrough. The vaccine has been tested on over 40,000 volunteers and interim results published today prove it is 90 per cent effective at
.the companies confirmed a higher efficacy rate of 95 per cent.
“We have just got to get on with this as soon as possible.”Health Secretary Matt Hancock called the data from AstraZeneca and Oxford University “really encouraging news”, but stressed that vaccines need to be approved by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).“This is really encouraging news on the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine, that obviously we’ve been backing since the start,” he told Sky News.“And I’m really very pleased, really welcome these figures, this data, that
coronavirus vaccine will be rolled out if one is approved by the UK's medicines regulator.
coronavirus pandemic. And now the Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, has told a Downing Street press conference that the coronavirus vaccine roll out in the UK could start within two weeks.The earliest date could be December 1, he announced.He said it is critical we have been buying the first vaccines available.
coronavirus vaccine was 94.5 percent effective, based on early results from its large, continuing study in the United States.