London: The Covid-19 Vaccine, developed by scientists at the University of Oxford and produced by AstraZeneca, was approved by the UK’s independent regulator on Wednesday. Granted.
The approval of the Drug and Health Care Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) implies that the vaccine is safe and effective. Oxford has also tied up with Serum Institute of India (SII) to produce this vaccine and it has been evaluated by MHRA based on the final data submitted to the government on Monday.
This approval has been given at a time when senior British scientist has underlined that the Oxford vaccine is indeed going to change so that by the summer of 2021 the country can get vaccinated against the virus and get immunity against the disease at the community level. Can.
“The person taking the vaccine will be protected from the virus in a few weeks and it is very important,” said Professor Kalam Semple, a respiratory specialist and member of the scientific advisory group set up by the government’s emergency system. The UK has ordered around 100 million doses of the vaccine, of which 40 million are expected to be delivered by the end of March.
AstraZeneca head Pascal Soriot has asserted that researchers have obtained an “effective formula” by using two doses of the vaccine before publishing the final results. He hoped that the virus would be more effective than earlier estimates and that it should also be effective on the new type of coronavirus, causing panic in most parts of Britain.
