He also condemned the UK’s decision to maximise the number of first doses and extend the time for people to receive their second dose.
Now, a study by scientists in Scotland found the Oxford vaccine could reduce a person s risk of being admitted to hospital by as much as 94 percent four weeks after the first dose.
Sir Patrick Vallance, the Government s chief scientific adviser, said it is clear that AstraZeneca works and it works in older people .
The French President has since been mocked by a number of Express.co.uk readers who let the opinions known in the comments section of an earlier story.
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While the EU struggles with its own vaccination programme, experts have revealed the Pfizer/BioNTech and Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines have been shown to reduce hospitalisation by more than 80 percent.