After the introduction of an amalgam of COVID19 vaccines. The United Kingdom has come up with a fresh COVID19 vaccine. Keeping Pfizer, covaxin vaccines on another side, AstraZeneca or Oxford vaccine has been the scare head lately. On Wednesday, the British regulator has been studying its COVID19 vaccine’s efficacy, which is all set to start its vaccination campaign sooner or later. Besides, it bagged immediate attention for being frugal, easy to store and handle. Having said that, AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine is still under the UK drug regulator review.
And here are the things you must go through before getting an AstraZeneca or Oxford Vaccine shot. Before kicking off the foremost content, what is the UK vaccine all about?
It is one of the approved vaccines against coronavirus. Known for being solely cheap, with a cost of 250 per dose. Besides, well acknowledged for its effortless storage. Speaking of storage, it can store in a normal refrigerator. But with a temperature range between two and eight degrees celsius. So analogous to Pzifer, Covaxin, and Moderna vaccine’s storage temperature, it is prolific. Indeed, Moderna’s storage temperature is -20 degrees celsius and Pfizer/Covaxin at -70 degrees celsius.
AstraZeneca chief executive Pascal Soroit claims that “So far, we think the vaccine should remain effective. But we can’t be sure. So we are going to test that. But people have to get prepared”.
What is the AstraZeneca vaccine?
The vaccine is viable to fight against the new capricious Coronavirus; which is actually bringing a huge change in the UK’s health status.
AstraZeneca, a British firm accompanied by Oxford University is the developer of this vaccine. It is the second vaccine to get approval from the MHRA. Furthermore, British Prime Minister Boris Johson proven that; over 800,000 people have received tier first dose of Pfizer/Covaxin.
When will it be available?
According to a creditable source; 100 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine are ordered by the British. And over 40 million will be arriving by the end of March. And the AstraZeneca vaccination turn will be proceeding from 4th January 2021 onwards. Therefore, the firm confirms that in 2021, they will be manufacturing about three billion doses for people across the globe.
Is it effective?
According to The Lancet medical journal, the AstraZeneca vaccine is safe and effective. It was disclosed after 23,754 volunteers came out with no side effects. So, the vaccine is on average seventy percent effective, in contrast, with more than ninety percent for other vaccines. Henceforth, the effectiveness of the AstraZeneca vaccine will be seen only after two doses.
