UK Becomes First to Approve Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine

UK Becomes First to Approve Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine
Vials with a sticker reading "COVID-19/Coronavirus vaccine/Injection only" and a medical syringe are seen in front of a displayed AstraZeneca logo in this illustration taken on Oct. 31, 2020. Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo/Reuters
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Britain approved a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca on Wednesday, which was hailed by Prime Minister Boris Johnson as “a triumph for British science.”

The government said it had accepted the recommendation from the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to authorise the jab against the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus.