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Covid-19: UK approves Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine, sets rollout for Jan 4

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Nation | by Elizabeth Merab


The University of Oxford and AstraZeneca have received an approval for their vaccine, AZD1222, in the United Kingdom.

The vaccine is the second to be approved in the UK and third globally after those developed by Pfizer-BioNtech and Moderna.

The news came as the United States (US) reported its first incidence of the new coronavirus variant first identified in the UK. The new mutation is said to be more contagious and has prompted some countries to restrict travel from the UK…

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