London:
The University of Oxford and drug manufacturer AstraZeneca have applied to the UK wellness regulator for permission to roll out their Covid-19 vaccine, Health Minister Matt Hancock mentioned Wednesday.
“I’m delighted to be able to tell you that the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine developed here in the UK has submitted its full data package to the MHRA for approval,” he mentioned.
“This is the next step towards a decision on the deployment of the vaccine,” the wellness minister added at a press conference exactly where he announced Britain would impose travel restrictions on South Africa to curb the spread of an additional new, more transmissible strain of the coronavirus.
The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine was the initial coronavirus shot to be authorised for use by the UK’s independent medicines regulator and has been offered to 500,000 of the country’s most vulnerable men and women because its rollout final month.
The bulk of Britain’s vaccine specifications are anticipated to be met by the jab created by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford, as the government has ordered one hundred million doses.
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