A new coronavirus vaccine has been shown to be 89.3% effective, including against the UK and South African variants.
Kate Bingham, former chair of the UK's vaccine taskforce, said it was great news for the UK which has been conducting trials for the new Novavax jab which will be manufactured in Teesside.
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Former FDA commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb said inoculations "should be a backstop" against a new coronavirus variant initially found in the United Kingdom that has now been detected in the United..
Johnson and Johnson says its single-shot vaccine provides strong protection against severe cases of COVID-19, but it is somewhat less effective overall than the two mRNA vaccines currently in use.
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A fourth coronavirus vaccine could be approved for use in the UK within weeks as late-stage trials suggested it was 89% effective in preventing Covid-19.
The UK has secured 60 million doses of the..