Monday 22 March 2021

Covid vaccine: US trial of AstraZeneca jab confirms safety

Covid vaccine: US trial of AstraZeneca jab confirms safety Results from the long-awaited US trial of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine are out and confirm that the shot is both safe and highly effective.

More than 32,000 volunteers took part, mostly in America, but also in Chile and Peru.

The vaccine was 79% effective at stopping symptomatic Covid disease and 100% effective at preventing people from falling seriously ill. BBC News

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