Researchers from Oxford University have worked with AstraZeneca on a potential coronavirus vaccine. Photo: EPA-EFE Researchers from Oxford University have worked with AstraZeneca on a potential coronavirus vaccine. Photo: EPA-EFE
Researchers from Oxford University have worked with AstraZeneca on a potential coronavirus vaccine. Photo: EPA-EFE
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Coronavirus: AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine ‘offers up to 90 per cent’ protection in trials

  • Vaccine candidate appears to reduce transmission of asymptomatic infections and can be easily stored and distributed
  • Smaller dose of drug seems to be more effective but more investigation needed, developers say

Topic |   Coronavirus pandemic
Zhuang Pinghui
Zhuang Pinghui in Beijing

Updated: 8:39am, 24 Nov, 2020

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Researchers from Oxford University have worked with AstraZeneca on a potential coronavirus vaccine. Photo: EPA-EFE Researchers from Oxford University have worked with AstraZeneca on a potential coronavirus vaccine. Photo: EPA-EFE
Researchers from Oxford University have worked with AstraZeneca on a potential coronavirus vaccine. Photo: EPA-EFE
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