UK Approves AstraZeneca Coronavirus Vaccine
(CNN) UK regulators have approved the use of the Oxford University/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, which is cheaper and easier to distribute than some rivals and could in time offer a route out of the pandemic for large parts of the world.
The UK government said it would follow a new immunization strategy for the vaccine, which will prioritize giving the first in a series of two vaccine doses to as many people as possible, before administering a second dose up to 12 weeks later.
This will apply to both the newly approved Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine and the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine which is already being administered.
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As the rollout of a second coronavirus vaccine continues across Wales, many may be feeling more hopeful there is finally light at the end of the tunnel.
There are hopes hundreds of thousands of us will be immunised with this, or the vaccine created by Pfizer-BioNTech, in the next few months.
But with there already having been long queues at vaccination centres, when can you expect to get the call to get the jab, and what does it mean for how we live our lives?
Most shops remain closed, as did schools, restaurants, and cultural and leisure centres.
New Year’s Eve festivities will be muted, with a ban on the sale of fireworks and tight restrictions on the number of people who can gather in public.
“It will probably be the quietest New Year’s Eve that Germany can remember,” Mr Spahn said.
Chancellor Angela Merkel and leaders of Germany’s 16 federal states will meet on January 5 to decide on future measures.
Elsewhere, several Spanish regions were looking to tighten restrictions ahead of the New Year celebrations.
Some regions were limiting celebrations to six people per household, while others were set to impose a 12.30am curfew.
Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine approved by UK regulator.
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UK regulators have approved the use of the Oxford University/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, which is cheaper and easier to distribute thansome rivals and could in time offer a route out of the pandemic for large parts of the world.The UK government said it would follow a new immunization strategy for the vaccine, which will prioritize giving the first in a series of two vaccine doses to as many people as possible, before administering a second dose up to 12 weeks later.This will apply to both the newly approved Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine and the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine which is already being rolled out.”This is important because it means that we can get the first dose into more people more quickly and they can get the protection the first dose gives you,” UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock told Sky News on Wednesday.
Britain becomes first to approve Oxford University and AstraZeneca vaccine31/12/2020|2min
Britain has become the first country to approve the Oxford University and AstraZeneca vaccine as it battles a highly contagious virus strain.
The dose is the second to be approved for use in the UK.
It will be rolled out from January 4.
The vaccine has proved to be up to 90 per cent effective in preventing COVID-19 in clinical trials.
UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock warned residents it was “absolutely critical” to follow the rules and do everything they could to stop the spread considering the new COVID strand spreads so much faster than the original virus.