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UK Approves Second Coronavirus Vaccine Amid Brutal Second Wave
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deadline.comBritain’s health regulator has approved a second coronavirus vaccine in what is likely to be a gamechanger in the fight against the pandemic.The UK government announced on Wednesday that the Oxford University/AstraZeneca has been approved for use by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.
It will roll out from January 4.Britain has ordered 100M doses of the jab, which will be enough to vaccinate 50M of the country’s population of 67M.
A big advantage of the Oxford University/AstraZeneca is that it can be stored in the fridge, unlike the first vaccine approved — the Pfizer/BioNTech jab — which has to be stored at -70C.The approval comes as the UK recorded 53,000 new cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday, the biggest ever daily case
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