Astrazeneca Covid vaccine effective against UK variant in trial: Study
AFP/London Filed on February 5, 2021 | Last updated on March 19, 2021 at 03.55 pm
Oxford said vaccine researchers are looking at ways to modify existing inoculations quickly and simply to protect against new variants.
Britain’s Oxford University said on Friday its researchers behind the joint AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine had found it to be effective against the UK virus variant now dominant across the country.
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The university, which developed the jab with the British-Swedish pharmaceutical firm, said an ongoing assessment of its effectiveness showed that it has “similar efficacy” to other coronavirus strains.
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English By William Gallo Share on Facebook Print this page SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - When Tokyo was awarded the 2020 Summer Olympics, organizers were jubilant. The event would serve as a public relations bonanza, showing the world Japan had overcome its long period of economic stagnation and the embarrassment caused by the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
But things didn’t go exactly as planned and not only because of the coronavirus pandemic, which forced the games to be delayed by a year.
There was the expensive proposal for Tokyo’s main Olympic stadium, which was ditched after being widely mocked for resembling an oversized bicycle helmet, an intergalactic spaceship, and a turtle waiting for Japan to sink so that it can swim away.